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A day after a federal judge ordered Donald Trump and his attorney to pay nearly $1 million in sanctions for filing a quickly dismissed lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and 30 others, the former president dropped a case against New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Donald Trump has found a new avenue to sue the media: Copyright. He filed a lawsuit in federal court on Monday, alleging that Bob Woodward and his publisher, Simon & Schuster, needed his permission before releasing the audio book, The Trump Tapes, last year.
Jean-Benoit Ugeux stars as a fallen ex-porn actor who embarks on a hopeless mission to raise 50,000 euros to get back his kidnapped daughter.
Back for the 1st time in 3 weeks, the NBC late-nighter turn to an old favorite
Rupert Murdoch said in a recent deposition that he "would have liked us to be stronger in denouncing" Donald Trump's false claims about the 2020 presidential election, conspiracy theories that the Fox Corp. executive chairman at once called "bullsh*t and damaging.
Donald Trump wants Rupert Murdoch to apologize for correct reporting on the 2020 election.
Jen Psaki debuted as an MSNBC host on Sunday.
Colin Jost and Michael Che took several swipes at current president Joe Biden and former commander-in-chief Donald Trump during Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" segment.
Donald Trump will make his first appearance on CNN in many years next week, when he appears in a town hall event sponsored by the network. The network announced that Trump would take questions from Republicans and undeclared voters at the May 10 event, with CNN This Morning anchor Kait...
A former Trump loyalist is now angling to become the new highpoint of FNC's shaky primetime
Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch compared CNN's town hall last week with Donald Trump to Fox News' post-2020 election coverage, the source of the company's $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems.
Robert De Niro Slams Donald Trump, Talks "The Banality Of Evil" In 'Killers Of The Flower Moon'
UPDATE: Donald Trump offered a fusillade of unfounded claims and falsehoods in his interview with Fox News' Bret Baier, who seems to have gone into the sit down with a strategy to challenge the former president on certain topics and move on at other moments.
Donald Trump's trial on federal charges of withholding classified documents is scheduled to start on August 14, a date that is likely to change. U.S.
Former President Donald Trump's attorneys want to delay the start of a federal criminal trial until after the 2024 election and are asking a judge to postpone setting any date for the start of the proceedings.
The former White House aide was defending Trump on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme.
UPDATE: Donald Trump's attorneys denied that a social media post after his arraignment last week was directed at prosecutors in his January 6th criminal case. In a filing with U.S. District Court in D.C.
Will Donald Trump's trials be televised? Courts can consider an array of options to boost access to the momentous proceedings for networks and the public.
Bill Maher did not hold back about his thoughts on a Trump vs. Biden matchup for 2024 on Joe Rogan's podcast The Joe Rogan Experience over the weekend.
Jeff Zucker, former head of CNN who now runs a media investment fund RedBird IMI, believes the media is overplaying polls showing former President Donald Trump leading Joe Biden in batlleground states.
NBC News hosted the third GOP debate, which again did not feature Donald Trump.
Ali Abbasi's movie ‘The Apprentice' has cast Sebastian Stan as young Donald Trump, also bringing aboard Jeremy Strong and Maria Bakalova for roles.
The former president is expected to skip the next GOP gathering.
The president's visit is expected to lead to various street closures.
Former President Donald Trump is disqualified from holding the office of president and should not be on Colorado's primary ballot, the state's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.
Joe Biden and Donald Trump likely will dominate the headlines in 2024.
Hillyard had questioned Elise Stefanik about the E. Jean Carroll case.
Taylor Swift Shouldn't Endorse Biden, Says Trump, It's Disloyal After All The Money Ex-POTUS Claims He Made Singer
Channel 4 News anchor Matt Frei says the U.S. republic is "on the line" as Joe Biden and Donald Trump do battle for the White House.
Cable news networks went all in on a Georgia proceeding today over whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from the Donald Trump election interference case because she had a romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade.
In his heyday, Jack Warner was a Donald Trump pre-clone in terms of temperament and rhetoric, Peter Bart writes.
Biden passed the majority delegate threshold this evening.
As news networks parse the meaning of Donald Trump's "bloodbath" remarks at a rally this weekend, Joe Biden's campaign has rolled out a quick-turn campaign ad.
The Deadline columnist finds the similarities between Hollywood sequels and Donald Trump trials.
Donald Trump's former press secretary Hope Hicks is expected to take the stand in Trump's New York trial related to hush money paid to Stormy Daniels.
David Pecker was on the witness stand for the fourth day in the Trump hush money trial.
The presumptive GOP nominee was full of late late whining after being the butt of DC's jokes at the so-called nerd prom
Trump's former attorney is a key witness for the prosecution.
The June 27 event will be the first debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump this cycle.
In a move that almost everyone was expecting, Trump's team are going after the filmmakers of the picture that Cannes loves
Attorneys will argue about instructions later on Tuesday.
The legal action the former POTUS promised against the film about his rise in the NYC real estate world seems to have happened - which is rare for Trump
Arianne Zucker Talks 'Days Of Our Lives' Final Episode & 'Access Hollywood' Moment With Donald Trump: 'I Didn't See It The Way People Were Seeing It"
'The Apprentice' Moving Toward U.S. Deal With Briarcliff To Release Cannes Sensation On Donald Trump & Roy Cohn
Supporters of Joe Biden and Donald Trump planned to hold watch parties across the country for CNN's presidential debate, seizing on the event to energize their bases.
Joe Biden blamed his bad debate performance last week on a busy travel schedule in the weeks leading up to the matchup with Donald Trump. At a fundraiser tonight in McLean, VA, Biden said that he "wasn't very smart" for "traveling around the world a couple of times" before the debate, ...
Rudy Giulani has been disbarred in New York following an appeals court ruling that he repeatedly lied about Trump's 2020 election loss.
The Washington Post, the New York Times, the New Yorker and the Economist all call for the president to step aside and let another candidate take on Trump.
The final night of the Republican National Convention featuring Donald Trump's acceptance speech drew 25.38 million viewers Thursday, rising from the same night in 2020, according to Nielsen. Nielsen said that the audience peaked in the 10:45-11 p.m. ET window with 28.
Ronny Chieng took to The Daily Show to call out Donald Trump for the "weird turn" his campaign has taken to talking about Kamala Harris's racial identity.
Rogan faced backlash after he appeared to back RFK's candidacy.
Sally Field has returned to the world of social media, saying Kamala Harris has restored her hope after Donald Trump used it as 'public toilet paper.'
A Donald Trump spokesman hit back at Foo Fighters after the band complained about their hit "My Hero" being played at a weekend rally without its consent.
Donald Trump is a "f*cking d*ck," Nick Offerman Declares In Proud to Be a Kamala Man Song
ABC News unveiled the rules for Tuesday's presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, with microphones muted on a candidate when it is not their turn to speak.
As she prepares to debate Donald Trump on Sept. 10, Mark Ruffalo, Rosario Dawson and Mandy Patinkin are showing their support for Kamala Harris.
Ahead of the first presidential debate, Kamala Harris is seeing better success with TV ad reach than Donald Trump
The Kamala Harris-Donald Trump debate on ABC News drew 67.14 million viewers across 17 networks on Tuesday.
As expected, Biden and former President Donald Trump cruised to victory in their respective primary campaigns to set up an election rematch in 2024.
The chairwoman of the FCC, Jessica Rosenworcel, said that the agency does not revoke broadcast licenses "simply because a political candidate disagrees with or dislikes content or coverage.
The U.S. Secret Service has a released a report admitting "failures" in protecting Donald Trump following the July 13th attempted assassination in Butler, PA.
Following last week's ABC News debate, Donald Trump said there would be no more debates between himself and opponent Kamala Harris.
Trump says "that will be it" for presidential runs if he loses this year.
Premiering Oct. 11 in US theaters, 'The Apprentice' stars Sebastian Stan as twice-impeached former president Donald Trump.
ABC and CBS have rejected airing spots for the Donald Trump biopic 'The Apprentice'
Whoopi Goldberg gave Zachary Levi a little lesson in Hollywood on The View after the Shazam star said his endorsement for Donald Trump could end his career.
60 Minutes was to air as a special featuring segments with both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
Whoopi Goldberg questioned The View producer Brian Teta as to why they must continue reading Donald Trump's statement about the 2020 election.
The former congresswoman endorsed Harris.
The billionaire endorsed Trump in July.
Shane Gillis says he was asked to play Donald Trump for the entirety of Season 50 of Saturday Night Live but turned it down.
Donald Trump is using a mash up of Taylor Swift's "22" and MAGA rapper Forgiato Blow's "Trump Trump Baby" in a campaign video aimed at appealing to women.
The California governor, who has often clashed with Trump, compared the former president's insult to that of a 7th or 8th grader.
Bruce Springsteen made his first appearance for Kamala Harris on the campaign trail, giving a concert in Atlanta.
Donald Trump's rally today at Madison Square Garden was marked by an opening lineup of speakers who joked about Puerto Rico being a "floating pile of garbage," ranted about "f---ing illegals" and declared that Kamala Harris was the "antichrist.
Marc Anthony is the latest Puerto Rican recording artist to speak out against a Trump-supporting comedian's swipe at the U.S. territory as "a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean.
Scarlett Johansson made a call and assembled The Avengers to defeat Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election and vote for Kamala Harris.
"We thought Donald Trump was an idiot," said Jones on the channel. "It turns out they were smarter than us...and we're just sitting here with the dunce cap on."
Todd Blanche and Emil Bove would have top positions at the DOJ.
Trump Picks Florida's Pam Bondi For Attorney General Hours After Scandal Riddled Matt Gaetz Drops Out
Bill Maher revealed that he is considering quitting Real Time with Bill Maher, his HBO show that has been on the air since 2003.
Despite Donald Trump's threats, News Nation and CW parent Nexstar CEO Perry Sook says the FCC cannot "unilaterally“pull broadcast licenses.
Trump sued the network over remarks made by George Stephanopoulos
Apple CEO Tim Cook will donate $1 million to Donald Trump's inaugural fund, the latest contribution from the tech industry going to the president-elect's January 20 festivities, according to a report. Cook joins other CEOs and companies donating hefty sums to the inauguration.
The Trump administration's abrupt cancellation of humanities endowment grants is devastating documentary filmmakers.
Donald Trump said that he is ordering the U.S. Trade Representative and the Commerce Department to begin the process to impose a 100% tariff on imports of movies that are produced in "foreign lands.
'60 Minutes' veteran Lesley Stahl dreads Paramount's expected settlement of Donald Trump's "frivolous" lawsuit to gain Skydance merger approval.
UPDATE, 9:16 PM: Gavin Newsom’s renewed control of the California National Guard didn’t last more than a few hours thanks to a federal appeals court. “The...
Demonstrators filled streets and parks across the country on Saturday, taking part in a nationwide day of protests to counter the actions of the Trump administration and the president’s plans for a military parade this evening in Washington, D.C. In downtown …
Thousands of soldiers, tanks and fighting vehicles and marching bands were expected at a parade down a five-block stretch of Constitution Avenue for a celebration of the Army’s 250th anniversary. At an Ellipse reviewing stand is President Donald Trump, celebr…
EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump’s vainglorious birthday parade masquerading as a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army may get drenched in a rainy DC this Flag Day, but the financial sun is shining a bit brighter for some suffering Hollywood vendors. …
Hours before tanks rumbled into Washington for Donald Trump’s military parade, ground shaking applause erupted in DC for someone who couldn’t be more opposed to everything the president stands for — author and Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman. The renowned jou…
Celebrities like Mark Ruffalo, Jimmy Kimmel, Kerry Washington and more are stepping out in support of the “No Kings” protests happening nationwide against president Donald Trump’s increasingly authoritarian behavior. They join thousands of marchers across cit…
As more ICE attacks hit LA this Juneteenth holiday, the Bob Iger-owned Angel City FC has taken a stand for immigrants as others have remained silent and afraid of Donald Trump. Less than a year after Iger and spouse Willow Bay dropped around $100 million to b…
EXCLUSIVE: After years of playing polite, California’s governor & senior senator are now taking on Donald Trump with bare knuckled barbs in his favorite forum and looking to do some damage to POTUS and his MAGA agenda – as JD Vance’s trip tp the Golden State …
After a federal judge confirmed Donald Trump‘s control of the California National Guard, the Los Angeles Dodgers are giving back to those in the community impacted by recent ICE raids. On Friday, the 8x World Series champs announced a $1 million donation in p…
The United States has carried out three strikes on three nuclear facilities in Iran, joining Israel as it tries to halt Tehran’s ability to obtain an atomic weapon, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social. The bombing has raised fears that the Irania…
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that the U.S. bombing of Iran “devastated the Iranian nuclear program,” concluding that the Tehran regime’s nuclear ambitions “have been obliterated.” His comments were based on initial assessments of the damage from the…
Two days after Donald Trump said he was going to give any decision on US involvement in Israel’s war with Iran a couple of weeks, the president offered details on the bombing Saturday of three nuclear sites in the Islamic Republic and the potential of more to…
Paramount Global is already facing sharp criticism over its decision to settle Donald Trump’s lawsuit over the way that CBS’ 60 Minutes edited an interview...
As Congress considers legislation that would strip federal funding from public media, filmmaker Ken Burns is speaking out on the prospect, calling it “foolhardy” and telling CBS News’ John Dickerson, “I couldn’t do any of the films I’ve done without them bein…
TikTok is purportedly building a new version of its platform for users in the United States ahead of a planned sale to a group of investors, per technology publication The Information, which cited anonymous sources for the report. As it stands, the Chinese in…
Donald Trump posted on Saturday that he is giving “serious consideration” to revoking Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship. The president posted on Truth Social...
Donald Trump posted on Saturday that he is giving “serious consideration” to revoking Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship. The president posted on Truth Social, “Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving…
Nick Offerman is not here for MAGA and Donald Trump supporters claiming his Parks & Recreation character would’ve been one of them. The actor played Libertarian Ron Swanson on the NBC mockumentary throughout its seven-season run. In a new interview, the Last …
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Donald Trump administration from carrying out broad immigration raids and arrests in Los Angeles that target individuals solely based on their race, location, language or type of work. U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mens…
UPDATED, with additional comments: PBS, NPR and public stations are facing the loss of $1.1 billion in federal funding, as the House cleared final passage of...
A federal judge tossed out Donald Trump‘s lawsuit against Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster and Paramount Global over the legendary investigative journalist’s use of his recordings of interviews with the president for an audiobook. In his 2023 lawsuit, Trump had…
Ellen DeGeneres confirmed she and her wife, former actress Portia de Rossi, decided to permanently relocate to the U.K. following the re-election of president Donald Trump. While in conversation with broadcaster Richard Bacon at Cheltenham’s Everyman Theatre …
A reporter from The Wall Street Journal was removed from the press pool for Donald Trump’s trip to Scotland this weekend because of the publication’s recent story on the president’s connections to Jeffrey Epstein. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt …
Charter Communications, which has a big merger pending before the FCC, announced today that it will match a new federal program giving $1,000 dollars to newborns for children of its employees The “Trump Accounts” are part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act the…
After South Park made waves against Donald Trump and parent company Paramount in the Season 27 premiere, Stephen Colbert has regained a sense of optimism. On Thursday’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, which was unceremoniously canceled at CBS, …
While many in the late-night community are standing by Stephen Colbert, one veteran host has a different perspective. Jay Leno recently commented on the political comedy of today’s late-night hosts after The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was unceremoniously …
On Saturday, Donald Trump repeated false claims that Beyoncé was paid $11 million to endorse Kamala Harris on the campaign trail in October of last year. The Truth Social post comes as the president faces scrutiny from his own base over the release of the Jef…
Donald Trump is seeking an expedited deposition of Rupert Murdoch as part of his defamation litigation against the media titan and The Wall Street Journal. In a motion filed on Monday in federal court in Miami, Trump’s legal team are seeking Murdoch’s deposit…
While Stephen Colbert has received plenty of support from fellow television mainstays and late-night hosts following the unceremonious cancellation of The Late Show, Piers Morgan isn’t among them. Earlier today, the British media personality took to X to slam…
Hope Hicks, who served as Donald Trump’s communications director in his first term, is joining Megyn Kelly’s company Devil May Care Media as chief operating officer. Hicks will lead business development and manage day to day operations at the company, which i…
EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump is heavily weighing giving Sean “Diddy” Combs a full presidential pardon ahead of the convicted Bad Boy Records founder’s sentencing ...
Donald Trump believes Sean “Diddy” Combs is “half-innocent” out of his sex-trafficking trial, but there will be no presidential pardon right now for the much-accused Grammy winner. And, just two days after Deadline exclusively reported that Trump was “serious…
The Senate on Saturday confirmed Jeanine Pirro, the former Fox host and commentator, to serve as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. Pirro was confirmed on a 50-45 vote along party lines. Donald Trump named her acting U.S. attorney in May, and later n…
There might be some tension at Mar-a-lago next time Lara Trump comes to visit. Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law’s interview Saturday on her Fox News show with Charlamagne Tha God has really gotten under POTUS’ thin and artificially tanned skin – and The Breakfa…
Emma Thompson told an intriguing story this morning at the Locarno Film Festival, where this year she is a guest of honor, that featured what she described as a creepy encounter with the 47th President, Donald Trump. Speaking to a packed audience for a caree…
John Leguizamo is not mincing words in addressing Dean Cain’s recent decision to join ICE. The Bob Trevino Likes It star, who has been a vocal critic of ICE’s increasingly militant behavior toward immigrants, took to his Instagram Friday to share his thoughts…
Donald Trump has paved over the grass adjacent to the White House Rose Garden, and he plans to construct a huge ballroom on the East Wing. But on Monday, he ...
Donald Trump announced that he was deploying the National Guard in Washington, D.C. and placing the city’s Metropolitan Police under federal control. Portraying the capital city as a crime-ridden hellhole, Trump told reporters that the city “is becoming a sit…
Donald Trump continued to rage at media figures overnight, this time former New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. Trump wrote on Truth Social late Sunday, “Paul Krugman of the New York Times has been predicting Doom and Gloom ever since my great election suc…
Donald Trump said that the slate of honorees for this year’s Kennedy Center Honors will be announced on Wednesday. This will be the first awardees announced since Trump ousted board members and ensured that he would become chairman of the Kennedy Center. That…
EXCLUSIVE: Harper Steele, who co-stars with Will Ferrell in the Emmy-nominated documentary Will & Harper, will receive an official proclamation from the city of West Hollywood honoring “her advocacy and continued efforts to uplift the transgender community.” …
“Today is Liberation Day in the state of California,” Gavin Newsom proclaimed today in downtown LA of the legislative effort to stop Donald Trump from “rigging the system” with gerrymandering and other on American democracy. “I know they say don’t mess with T…
Networks will provide special coverage on Friday to President Donald Trump’s summit in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine. All the major news networks were at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to capture Trump’s a…
Two documentaries paint a brutal reality of Vladimir Putin’s regime with the Russian press under siege in My Undesirable Friends, and of hundreds of terrified animals at risk in Checkpoint Zoo, an unusual Ukraine rescue story with Leonardo DiCaprio as EP. Rus…
A federal judge has restricted the Federal Trade Commission’s investigation of Media Matters, the progressive watchdog group, finding that the agency was likely engaged in retaliatory conduct in violation of the First Amendment. U.S. District Judge Sparkle L.…
During the last Presidential election, Jordan Klepper, one of the hosts of The Daily Show, was snowed in in at Straubel International Airport in Green Bay, Wisconsin after a Trump rally. His flight was delayed three and a half hours so he decamped to the airp…
The White House has launched a TikTok account, even as the app’s Chinese parent company faces a deadline next month to divest the social media platform. The account debuted on Tuesday and is up to almost 122,000 followers. That is a fraction of the more than …
Shonda Rhimes has claimed that there are genuine jitters in the U.S. that network storytelling is being self-censored during Donald Trump’s second term in office. The creative powerhouse behind Bridgerton and Grey’s Anatomy said she could not comment directly…
For Desi Lydic, the longtime Daily Show correspondent, who in recent years has elevated to become a rotating host of the late-night program, the pace of the news cycle feels like it’s intensified significantly since she joined a decade ago. Whereas the first …
Elon Dershowitz, a producer on such films as Reversal of Fortune, Fallen and The Whole Truth and son of prominent attorney Alan Dershowitz, died August 17 of a stroke, his family said. He was 64. The younger Dershowitz was a co-producer on Reversal of Fortune…
As Americana premieres amid a turbulent time for star Sydney Sweeney, her co-star Halsey is defending writer/director Tony Tost and his crew. The 3x Grammy nominee recently expressed her support for the “hardworking director and his hardworking crew” as the f…
Donald Trump threatened to investigate Chris Christie after the former New Jersey governor criticized him on ABC’s This Week earlier on Sunday. Trump wrote on Truth Social, “I just watched Sloppy Chris Christie be interviewed on a ratings challenged ‘News’ Sh…
Donald Trump returned to familiar terrain in a Truth Social post, again calling on broadcast networks to lose their licenses over what he deemed unfair coverage. The president’s target this time was ABC and NBC, and he added another element: Calling for the n…
A much-accused The Apprentice executive producer was arrested today by federal officials in South Carolina on fraud, fake Covid-19 teat costs, and other charges that almost put the sins depicted in the acclaimed Donald Trump original story flick to shame, alm…
Networks focused almost entirely on the scene in Minneapolis on Wednesday to cover the latest mass shooting at a school, as a gunman fired on children as they celebrated Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church. Two children were killed, and 14 children and two a…
Trinity Broadcasting have put their cards on the pulpit and the clock is ticking on whether Dr. Phil will be facing a judge today in Dallas, possible sanctions, or be on the other side of asking questions in deposition very soon in his legal Holy War with the…
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani was hospitalized after sustaining serious injuries in a New Hampshire car crash, but is “in good spirits and recovering tremendously,” according to spokesperson Michael Ragusa. Per the official statement, Giuliani was …
Veteran CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller, whose tenure spanned three decades and five presidents, has died at the age of 73, the broadcaster’s news division announced today. The organization cited a close friend, who said Knoller died in Washin…
“In general,” notes The Narrator (Jeffrey Wright) in Olivier Assayas’s engrossing political drama, “things in Russia go pretty well. But when they go bad, they go really bad.” Though it is set almost entirely within the realpolitik of early 21st century Mosco…
EXCLUSIVE: In between the albums Born To Run and Born In The USA that made him the world’s biggest rock star, Bruce Springsteen took a radical detour, channeling the crippling alienation and crushing depression he was feeling into the seminal album Nebraska. …
With the looming termination of Kamala Harris’s Secret Service protection in the next few hours, the security of the former Vice President of the United...
Robin Wright is joining a handful of celebrities, like Ellen DeGeneres, who left the U.S. for greener pastures — specifically, for the rolling hills of the U.K. countryside. In a new profile with The Times U.K., the eight-time Emmy-nominated actress-cum-direc…
Woody Allen, appearing as a guest on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast, says he’s not a “Trumper” but can attest to the president’s acting ability. “I’m one of the few people who can say he directed Trump,” Allen says. “I directed Trump in a movie.” That movie…
The most famous cover in the history of The New Yorker magazine may be for the March 29, 1976 issue, a drawing known as “View of the World from 9th Avenue.” You’ve no doubt seen it: 9th Avenue large and expansive in the foreground, with 10th Avenue and the Hu…
West Point’s alumni association has canceled a planned ceremony later this month to honor Tom Hanks with one of its top awards, as the military service academy has come under increased scrutiny from the Trump administration. The Washington Post reported on an…
Despite the United States Tennis Association’s attempt to censor the U.S. Open audience’s reaction to Donald Trump‘s presence at Sunday’s Men’s Final, the stands were filled with a passionate response. Trump was met with a mix of both boos and cheers as he st…
Reaction to Donald Trump’s attendance at the U.S. Open Men’s Final on Sunday just stepped into Center Court. A memo sent to the likes of ESPN and Sky Sports this afternoon from the United States Tennis Association asks “all broadcasters to refrain from showca…
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt continued to insist that Donald Trump did not sign a birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein, a copy of which was published by The Wall Street Journal. Speaking to reporters at Tuesday’s press briefing, Leavitt said tha…
Apple CEO Tim Cook raised the curtain on the next suite of smartphones, the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro and a super thin iPhone Air that’s one of the biggest advances in the company’s signature product in years. Redesigned AirPods and upgraded Apple Watches were…
Jon Stewart, ever the happy employee in his running joke of begrudgingly working Monday nights at The Daily Show, ruefully acknowledged being back at his post after being on vacation for over a month. As such, it was his first taping since the Paramount-Skyda…
“I have not been back since arriving in January,” Rosie O’Donnell told 60 Minutes Australia in an interview set to air on Sunday. “I would like to go back and see my older children and do all of those things when it’s safe. We have people there in the United …
Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar returned to The View Season 29 this week, and they have no plans on retiring anytime soon. The longest-tenured ABC daytime co-hosts revealed in an interview why they are not thinking about quitting the show just yet. When asked b…
Bill Maher began his monologue on Real Time with Bill Maher by denouncing a “very ugly week in America” following the assassination of far-right political activist Charlie Kirk. As audiences applauded his entrance, the host thanked viewers for “coming on a so…
As the killing of Charlie Kirk sparks mass partisan fallout, it seems Chris Martin is trying to keep the peace with a message of love. During the band’s final stop on their Music of the Spheres World Tour on Friday in London, the Coldplay frontman encouraged …
In a complex indie market things do pop and The Last Class, a documentary released in two theaters for limited runs on June 27, passed $610k this weekend, according to distributor Abramorama. The documentary is pegged to social media star, academic and former…
Brian Kilmeade apologized for comments he made about homeless individuals during a segment on Fox & Friends last week. Kilmeade, co-host of Fox & Friends, appeared on Fox & Friends Weekend on Sunday, telling viewers, “In the morning, we were discussing the mu…
UPDATED: Nexstar’s decision to pre-empt Jimmy Kimmel’s show from its ABC stations “for the foreseeable future” comes amid furor over the host’s comments...
Donald Trump’s unprecedented second state visit to the UK has begun and artificial intelligence (AI) is the name of the game. Later today, Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer are expected to sign a landmark technology deal that has already seen the world…
The Morning Show returned on Wednesday with promises to explore issues like deepfakes, conspiracy theories and corporate coverups — in other words, just normal, every day stuff that currently keeps us up at night. Here, Executive Producer Mimi Leder recaps th…
Media outlets are protesting new Trump administration Pentagon policies on access to the sprawling facilities, including a requirement that journalists not report unauthorized information. The restrictions are that latest under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth,…
Marvel star Mark Ruffalo has joined fellow Hulk actor Tatiana Maslany in condemning ABC parent company Disney’s decision to preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live! following pressure from the FCC and affiliate owners. In comments posted to Threads this morning, the longti…
“Kristi Noem is going to have a bad day today,” exclaimed Gavin Newsom’s press office X feed this morning, calling out the Homeland Security Secretary by name. “You’re welcome, America.” The taunting post came just a few hours before the California Governor S…
The Fantastic Four: First Steps star Pedro Pascal is among the Hollywood powerhouses defending host Jimmy Kimmel following ABC’s preemption of late-night mainstay Jimmy Kimmel Live! On Thursday, the multi-Emmy-nominated actor — who is a significant part of Di…
More than a few viewers and observers, even some who work in the television business, were surprised that local station owners Nexstar and Sinclair made the first move in the Jimmy Kimmel saga by pulling his show off their air. But warning signs of discord be…
Tackling the thorny Jimmy Kimmel situation, the head of the National Association of Broadcasters said “government pressure on media” also happened during the Obama and Biden administrations. Weighing in after Kimmel’s suspension in a blog post that did not me…
President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and a host of administration figures were due to speak at a memorial to Charlie Kirk, the conservative influencer whose assassination been met with condemnation of political violence but a new debate over freedo…
After announcing a Charlie Kirk tribute special to take over Jimmy Kimmel‘s time slot, Sinclair backed out of Friday’s planned programming. The country’s largest ABC affiliate group instead shared a YouTube link to the special after making an example of Jimmy…
“He did not hate his opponents, he wanted the best for them,” declared Donald Trump today of the assassinated Charlie Kirk. “That’s where I disagreed with Charlie, I hate my opponents and I don’t want the best for them,” he added, railing repeatedly against “…
Fox is in talks to join an investor group poised to acquire TikTok’s U.S. operations, sources familiar with the situation told Deadline. President Donald Trump signaled earlier in the day potential involvement by the company’s CEO Lachlan Murdoch and chairman…
More than 100 former ABC News employees including Sam Donaldson, Tom Bettag and Judy Muller have signed on to a letter urging Walt Disney Company CEO Bob...
Jimmy Kimmel is back on ABC after a weeklong suspension, but the lawyer who beat Donald Trump in sexual abuse and defamation cases wants the Walt Disney...
U.S actress and comedian Heather McMahan has reportedly apologised to golfer Rory McIlroy for leading a vulgar chant about the world number two player at yesterday’s Ryder Cup in New York. In a statement released to BBC Sport, the PGA of America, which runs t…
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr continued to insist that his recent comments about Jimmy Kimmel were not a threat, even though they were widely seen that way by...
The Treasury Department has been considering drafts of $1 coins that feature Donald Trump’s image, designed to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence next year. U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach confirmed an X post feat…
Elon Musk, a leading, or at least the loudest, voice in the recent campaign against Netflix centering on the 2022-2023 animated series Dead End: Paranormal Park apparently supports a stated effort by Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) to have Netflix officials appear b…
A year after being arrested and taken into custody on sex-trafficking and racketeering charges, Sean “Diddy” Combs looks likely not to get out of prison any time soon for the two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution the much-accused Bad Boy Reco…
We’re into October, and over in Europe that means colder days and longer nights. Not that it’s stopped the flow of big news from the international TV and film worlds. Jesse Whittock here to guide you through the main talking points. Sign up to the newsletter …
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ defense insisted at today’s sentencing hearing on the Grammy winner’s sex-trafficking trial verdict that their client has been a “model prisoner” and model citizen. But a federal judge really wasn’t going for that. After listening to argum…
Apple has removed ICEBlock, an crowdsourced platform that tracked the sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the Justice Department said. “We reached out to Apple today demanding they remove the ICEBlock app from their App Store — and Apple …
Although Jimmy Kimmel is currently safe from the wrath of the FCC, he just can’t seem to outrun his on-air feud with Matt Damon. The Oscar winner continued his playful back-and-forth with the 5x Emmy-winning talk show host as the recently threatened late-nigh…
In a Truth Social post made yesterday, President Donald Trump pressed Google-owned YouTube TV to restore access to Univision, citing the Spanish-language broadcast network’s favorable coverage of him and Republicans as reason for doing so. “I hope Univision, …
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Sunday that the Trump administration is sending 300 California National Guard troops to Oregon, even though a federal judge put a halt to the president’s plan for deployment in that state. Newsom said that the state wo…
With Donald Trump recently sending 300 California National Guard troops to Oregon, Rob Reiner is using his platform to warn that democracy is at risk. The Oscar nominee pleaded that it’s “our job now” as storytellers in Hollywood to call attention to recent a…
Saturday Night Live opened its 51st season with a skit skewering Donald Trump’s crackdown on late-night TV, as the president (James Austin Johnson) warned that “daddy’s watching.” The skit also featured Mikey Day as FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, who last month c…
Saturday Night Live wasted no time introducing its new cast members as it kicked off Season 51 tonight. In fact, the first person speaking in the cold open was none other than Jeremy Culhane, one of four new talents never before seen on SNL, alongside Kam Pat…
EXCLUSIVE: A potential presidential pardon is still in the mix for Sean Combs, as the Grammy winner and former Donald Trump pal stares down a four-year prison stint. At the same time, after Combs complained at length at his sentencing hearing last week about …
It was supposed to celebrate America’s birthday, but now the much-discussed UFC fight at the White House will take place on Donald Trump’s birthday. In late August, UFC chief Dana White announced the deal for the fight had been done and it was set for July 4 …
UPDATE: Elon Musk’s reconciliation with Donald Trump may still be in the early stages, but the former DODGE frontman has made good with some of Twitter’s ex-top executives. “WHEREAS, the Parties have reached a settlement and the settlement requires certain co…
Myrka Dellanos has exited Telemundo’s La Mesa Caliente after hosting the talk show for more than three years. “Myrka Dellanos will no longer be part of Telemundo’s afternoon show, La Mesa Caliente,” a Telemundo spokesperson told Deadline. “Myrka is a highly t…
Former FBI Director James Comey did not have a so-called “perp walk” into Alexandria federal courthouse in Virginia on Wednesday. In fact, he did not have any kind of public entrance at all, instead choosing a private courthouse door. That largely left news n…
President Donald Trump said that Israel and Hamas have signed off on the first phase of a peace plan for Gaza. Trump posted on Truth Social, “This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed up…
In a revelation that overturns much of previous probes into he devastating Pacific Palisades fire, the Department of Justice today said the blaze was a “holdover” fire and the result of the actions of a 29-year-old Uber driver, federal prosecutors revealed t…
On the day that Oscar winner and New York icon Diane Keaton died, Saturday Night Live went for a traditional political cold open tonight with a Not Ready for Primetime Players legends reunion Specifically, SNL pulled most of its cast in as various befuddled S…
With two Saturday Night Live legends reuniting to give them the parody treatment this weekend, Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem have shared their reactions. Following host Amy Poehler and special guest Tina Fey‘s cold-open impressions of the pair, they’ve since resp…
A standout moment of New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s interview with Fox News came when he looked into the camera and spoke directly to Donald Trump, figuring he may be watching. The leading candidate in the upcoming mayor’s race, Mamdani has been …
South Park returned from another two-week break on Wednesday with some fresh jabs at Donald Trump and Peter Thiel. During the Season 27 episode ‘Twisted Christian‘, Theil visits the children of South Park to preach against the “satanic numerology shit” going …
Kristina Schake, whose duties as Disney’s communications head encompass the company’s closely watched CEO succession process, has been given a two-year contract extension. In an SEC filing, Disney said it had extended the agreement with Schake to continue as …
As millions of Americans take to the streets — from New York to Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. to Chicago — Hollywood is voicing its support for the nationwide No Kings protests, with prominent figures like Glenn Close, Spike Lee, Jean Smart and many others pr…
Following this weekend’s No Kings protests, Robert De Niro is continuing to hold Donald Trump‘s feet to the fire and drive home the messages of the nationwide demonstrations. The 2x Oscar winner, who helped mobilize ahead of Saturday’s protests, went on to wa…
Recently appointed Writers Guild of America West President Michele Mulroney delivered a rousing speech at the No Kings protest in Los Angeles, decrying President Donald Trump and his administration’s recent actions curtailing Hollywood writers’ freedom of exp…
Ben Stiller has bemoaned the chilling effect on comedy during Donald Trump’s second term. In an interview with the Radio Times magazine, the Zoolander star and Severance director said it was a challenging time for the genre he loves — and he urged comedians t…
Construction crews began demolishing part of the East Wing, the part of the White House complex that houses the offices of the first lady, as part of Donald Trump’s plans for building a $250 million ballroom that will dominate the grounds. Reporters spotted t…
Last month’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! coincided with a doubling of subscriber churn rates on Disney+ and Hulu, according to the latest streaming report from Antenna. Churn, the industry term for the number of subscribers canceling their service in a g…
Kenny Loggins issued a statement calling on his song Danger Zone to be removed from an AI generated video posted by President Donald Trump that depicted him in a crown, piloting an aircraft, and dropping what appeared to be feces on No Kings protesters. In a …
Ofcom has strengthened guidance concerning politicians presenting news shows after the UK media regulator lost a court battle with GB News earlier this year. Under British broadcasting rules, politicians are not allowed to present news shows, but can host cur…
“To be perfectly honest, I’d like nothing better than to get Donald Trump and Melania Trump under oath in front of a court reporter, and actually find out all of the details of their relationship with Epstein,” said Micheal Wolff today. Along a lawsuit filed …
The Trump administration’s demolition of the East Wing of the White House has raised alarms among architecture and preservation groups, not just for the lack of public review, but the proposed 90,000 square foot ballroom that is proposed to replace it. On Tue…
The Pentagon said that more than 60 correspondents signed on to its new restrictions, with major news outlets as well as conservative sources like Newsmax and The Washington Times shunning the new policy. Sean Parnell, the chief Pentagon spokesman, wrote in a…
Rob Weisbord, COO and President of Local Media at Sinclair, insisted that the local TV station giant’s recent clash with late-night host Jimmy Kimmel was “never about the First Amendment.” In meetings with ABC after pulling the show from its affiliates, the c…
As Donald Trump stirs up more national outrage over his demolition of the White House‘s East Wing, one of his favorite dinner guests is brushing off the controversy. On Friday’s episode of Real Time, Bill Maher gave a flippant response when guest panelist Mic…
As it turns out for Netflix‘s Boots, there’s no better endorsement than having the Trump administration bash your show. Following the Pentagon’s statement referring to the LGBTQ military series based on Greg Cope White’s memoir The Pink Marine as “woke garbag…
The NAB Show is known in large part as a bonanza for tech geeks and engineers, and its New York edition last week was no exception. But the broadcast industry lobbying group made a statement by foregrounding discussion of a central challenge for its members: …
Time magazine has released a new cover of its upcoming Nov. 10 issue featuring President Donald Trump after the GOP leader heavily critiqued the original image used. The legacy publication unveiled the second edition earlier this week, tied to its feature on …
Laugh Factory Chicago is crowdsourcing to assist night manager Nathan Griffin with legal funds after he was arrested Friday morning outside the comedy club. Despite being born in America, masked federal agents tackled him to the ground and reportedly took him…
California’s Gavin Newsom seems to have been running for president for months, today he made it a little bit more official “Yeah, I’d be lying otherwise,” the two-term Democrat told CBS Sunday Morning’s Robert Costa’s of what he giving ‘serious thought” to a …
John Oliver returned on Last Week Tonight to censure myriad moves by President Donald Trump’s administration, including the demolition of the East Wing of...
Jon Stewart takes no prisoners during his satirical political commentary on The Daily Show, especially during tonight’s episode as he rang the alarm on President Donald Trump’s flirtation with a third term that would skirt constitutionality. Faking emotionali…
EXCLUSIVE: Austin Nasso, a former Microsoft software engineer turned professional stand-up and impressionist, is set to release his debut comedy special, Impressionable Youth, on YouTube on November 6th. With more than two million followers across social medi…
President Donald Trump is back shouting at the late-night television hosts. This time, his focus was on Seth Meyers, host of NBC’s Late Night, suggesting that Meyers making fun of the President is “probably illegal”. The issue seems to stem from a recent A Cl…
Two episodes into its sudden Season 28, South Park is poking fun at itself following criticism of its very political 27th season. In Friday’s special Halloween episode ‘The Woman in the Hat’, Stan admits that “South Park sucks now” after his dad loses his job…
Hours before tonight’s Saturday Night Live, Weekend Update co-anchor Michael Che is already ripping into the news with a very personal take on the cutoff today of the federal government’s food stamps program. “This snap freeze is really f*cked up,” Che wrote …
Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence has reconsidered sharing her politics on the world stage. The previously outspoken actress, who recently reflected on finding her past interviews and public persona “annoying,” told the New York Times in a sprawling Q&A that her…
Never one to shy away from holding Donald Trump accountable, Harrison Ford is criticizing the president over his lack of concern for the climate crisis. The Oscar nominee recently slammed the POTUS over his “clear expression of ignorance, of hubris and purpos…
After Curb Your Enthusiasm ended its 12-season run last year, Cheryl Hines hasn’t had any contact with her onscreen ex-husband, thanks to her real-life current husband. The 2x Emmy nominee recently revealed that she and Larry David have not spoken “probably” …
The 44th POTUS took Donald Trump & his billionaire pals to task today in a rare display of political pugilism Which made it look a lot like 2008 today for Barack Obama on cable news – with some Bernie Sanders and AOC thrown in. In a final weekend push for Dem…
Miles Teller pulled double-duty (in a way) by portraying twin brothers Jonathan and Drew Scott in a pre-taped Saturday Night Live sketch spoofing the Canadian reality TV series Property Brothers. This time, the two real estate property developers field the ga…
The federal government is still shut down, food stamps are being cut off for millions of Americans, the LA Dodgers are still grinding it out with the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series finale and there’s big elections in NYC, Virginia and New Jersey on Nov…
The off-year elections unusually are a footnote in the overall direction of the country, but Tuesday’s races will provide the first significant glimpse at voter sentiment since Donald Trump returned to the White House. They will provide some indicators for ne…
Donald Trump urged New Yorkers to cast their ballots for his one-time nemesis Andrew Cuomo rather than the front runner in the mayor’s race, Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, or even Republican Curtis Sliwa. In a Truth Social post on Monday evening, Trump …
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer offered his take on Donald Trump’s sit down with 60 Minutes, riffing that he should perhaps file a complaint with the FCC over the way that the interview was edited. Schumer wrote on X, “Maybe I should file a complaint wit…
Donald Trump’s wide-ranging 60 Minutes interview did not include one moment, when he praised the new owners of CBS-parent Paramount and the “great new leader” put in charge of the news division. Bari Weiss. “I see good things happening in the news,” Trump sai…
Kicking off his monologue on tonight’s episode of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart addressed his recently renewed contract, thanking fans for their support, as...
Olivia Rodrigo does not want to be associated with the ICE raids under the Donald Trump administration and sent them a clear message on social media. After the Department of Homeland Security shared a video asking undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. to…
The route to Tuesday’s “landmark” announcement of streaming quotas in Australia has been long and torturous, and the country’s production community is now beginning to assess what the future will look like. Will, as streamers sources often privately claim, th…
It looks like the latest pop girly feud is between Olivia Rodrigo and none other than the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). After the 3x Grammy winner called out the federal agency for featuring her 2023 track ‘All-American Bitch’ in an ICE video urging …
Tim Davie has quit as the BBC director general. The corporation’s news chief Deborah Turness has also resigned amid a scandal involving edited footage of Donald Trump. The BBC announced that the duo would be vacating their roles on Sunday evening, in news tha…
James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump returned to the Saturday Night Live cold open, this time in a spoof of the moment this week when a man collapsed in the Oval Office during a press conference on lowering the cost of weight-loss drugs. In the skit, Trump ign…
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press chief, has effectively declared victory after the bombshell resignation of the BBC’s director general on Sunday. The BBC enraged the MAGA community after it was revealed that the corporation edited the president’s Janua…
The BBC’s chairman is planning to apologize after a documentary edited Donald Trump‘s January 6 speech to make it appear as if the president was encouraging the 2021 Capitol riot. On Monday, Samir Shah will write to UK Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Co…
Donald Trump and his fans on both sides of the Atlantic claimed victory on Sunday following the news about Tim Davie quitting as BBC director general, but the truth about his bombshell resignation is somewhat more nuanced. A BBC Panorama film’s misleading edi…
EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has already begun the hunt for its next director general after a breathless few days in which Tim Davie shocked colleagues by resigning amid a Donald Trump scandal. BBC chair Samir Shah told employees on Tuesday that the UK broadcaster had …
MSNBC will rebrand as MS Now on Saturday, a reflection of the cable news network’s separation from Comcast and sister network NBC News. As the new Versant network sets out on its own, it has been building up its own newsroom, with two major hires with a focus…
Avenue Six Studios, a Van Nuys-based production facility, owned by SP Media Group, will be providing production financing to support movie and TV projects shot on its soundstages or utilize its services. SP Media Group is led by veteran producer Steven Paul, …
The Director General of the EBU has called on the European Union to regulate AI and better ensure pubcaster content does not get sidelined on commercial platforms. The EBU’s Noel Curran, in a joint op-ed with Thibaut Bruttin, the DG of Reporters Without Borde…
A BBC crisis that ranks right up there on the ‘BBC crisis’ scale has befallen the nation’s 100-year-old public broadcaster, and the corporation suddenly finds itself seeking a Director General and a head of news. Late on Sunday, shockwaves were sent through N…
UPDATED: Donald Trump has weighed in on Wednesday’s release of emails in which Jeffrey Epstein claimed that Trump “knew about the girls” and spent “hours” at...
As the deadline looms for the BBC to respond to Donald Trump’s $1B legal threat, the POTUS has spoken out for the first time on the saga that has seen the BBC Director General and news boss both resign. Trump was pulling no punches last night on Fox News, say…
Two House Democrats who have been investigating the Skydance-Paramount merger are once again pressing CEO David Ellison to answer a series of questions about the transaction, including whether there was a “side deal” with Donald Trump as CBS settled the presi…
EXCLUSIVE: Argentina recently got a $20 billion economic bailout package, courtesy of President Trump. But it’s not the first time the country has faced financial crisis. In December 2001, civil unrest and rioting broke out in Buenos Aires and other cities, t…
The broadcasting union representing thousands of BBC Staff and freelancers has publicly called for the removal of controversial board member Robbie Gibb, who it said is “actively part of a campaign to undermine the BBC and influence its political impartiality…
Dasha Nekrasova, an actress known for her work in projects like HBO’s Succession and A24’s Materialists, has been fired by Gersh over a recent podcast interview with far-right political commentator Nick Fuentes, Deadline has confirmed with a spokesperson for …
f the BBC thought it had placated Donald Trump and threats of a billion dollar lawsuit with an apology over its misleading documentary edit, POTUS made it clear tonight, that’s not happening Despite getting the atonement he requested from the UK public broadc…
Jon Voight doesn’t just want to help Donald Trump to Make Hollywood Great Again, the Enemy of the State star now wants the former Apprentice host to save an apparently in peril New York City. Specifically, Voight is asking POTUS to stop the newly-elected Zohr…
During a weekend in which he has raged at critics, Donald Trump lashed out at Seth Meyers, as he has done before, while calling on the NBC late-night host to...
Saturday Night Live opened with Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) trying his best to deflect from Jeffrey Epstein, as the focus has turned on a vote next week to compel the release of Justice Department files on the convicted sexual predator. Johnson’s Trum…
SNL‘s Weekend Update was sizzling tonight — going no frills and eschewing guests, bits and standup sets — with numerous shots taken at President Donald Trump’s expense following the release of hundreds and thousands of Jeffrey Epstein emails this week further…
When the president in A House of Dynamite, played by Idris Elba, is weighing the future of all mankind as a nuclear missile hurtles toward Chicago, it’s made clear that he’s been thrust into a scenario he’s never rehearsed. In fact, as screenwriter Noah Oppen…
Oscar-winning scribe Aaron Sorkin said he doesn’t think studios “would agree” to make his political romantic dramedy The American President today because its...
Donald Trump called for ABC to lose its broadcast license after he grew irate at correspondent Mary Bruce after she asked Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin...
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended Donald Trump for calling a reporter “piggy,” as she tried to cast the president’s outburst last week in a positive light. On Air Force One on Friday, Trump scolded Bloomberg’s Catherine Lucey as she tried …
Donald Trump said that he has signed legislation to compel the Justice Department to release investigative files into Jeffrey Epstein. In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote that “I HAVE JUST SIGNED THE BILL TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES! As everyone knows, I ask…
Donald Trump went after Jimmy Kimmel again, calling for ABC to remove him from the air, after the late-night host In a Truth Social post at 12:49 a.m. ET, Trump posted, “Why does ABC Fake News keep Jimmy Kimmel, a man with NO TALENT and VERY POOR TELEVISION R…
Dick Cheney used to relish being called Darth Vadar during his stint as George W. Bush’s Vice President, but today it was Fox News that went to the Dark Side. The Rupert Murdoch-owed outlet covered former President George W. Bush speaking today at Cheney’s po…
Bill Maher concluded the Season 23 finale of Real Time by once again hitting back at Larry David and defending his dinner with president Donald Trump. While going on a spiel about the pitfalls of ostracizing family members for voting MAGA, the TV personality …
Former Donald Trump loyalist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she will resign from her Georgia seat in the new year, following a protracted public spat between herself and the president. The news comes after the GOP leader promised he would endorse a cha…
Donald Trump weighed in on what has been a key priority for broadcasters during his administration: Lifting a cap on the number of TV stations any one entity can own. Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday, “If this would also allow the Radical Left Networks …
The arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s capital is making headlines worldwide, and thrusting an Oscar-contending film into the spotlight. Federal police took Bolsonaro into custody on Saturday after Brazil’s Supreme Court determined there wa…
Hollywood veteran Steven Paul was among a raft of L.A. and international cinema execs in Qatar this weekend for a high-level industry event laying out the Gulf state’s ambitions to become a key film and TV hub in the region. Talking at a masterclass on his st…
Donald Trump has delivered a divisive Thanksgiving message, a foul-mouthed rant in which he said he will “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries.” Taking to Truth Social in the early hours of this morning, the President had anything but a …
First Lady Melania Trump said Friday that she has launched a production company, Muse Films, news that comes ahead of the release of an Amazon MGM Studios feature documentary about her. The doc, titled Melania, is being directed by Brett Ratner and will hit t…
Donald Trump isn’t just content this week with personally demeaning female journalists, POTUS has now decided to make his war on the so-called “enemy of the ...
More than 25 years after The Matrix, Lilly Wachowski is not surprised by the right-wing misinterpretation of her and sister Lana Wachowski’s magnum opus. After the movie’s mind-opening “red pill” accidentally became a symbol for the MAGA movement, the co-writ…
Josh Brolin reflected on his previous friendship with Donald Trump — back when the POTUS was a real estate mogul based in New York City. Calling him a “genius” in marketing, the Oscar-nominated Milk actor said he knew a “different guy” than the figure the GOP…
EXCLUSIVE: Later this week, Gavin Newsom will once again command a portion of the national spotlight. Set as the marquee interview for the New York Times’ annual DealBook Summit, the California governor is attracting a lot of big league attention of late all …
An investment group led by New York Mets owner Steve Cohen has secured a license from New York state officials to build one of three casinos slated to be the first within city limits. The bid was approved by the New York Gaming Facility Location Board on Mond…
Sean “Diddy” Combs insists that Netflix should have never got into business with Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and the streamer should definitely not used “stolen” footage of the currently incarcerated All About the Benjamins’ performer for the docuseries launchi…
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, filed a complaint to the newly appointed CBS News ombudsman on Wednesday over...
Donald Trump presented this year’s Kennedy Center honorees with their medals in an Oval Office ceremony o Saturday, but he also made some predictions of how ...
Around 24 hours after Netflix came to a $83 billion deal to buy Warner Bros’ TV and film studios, streamer HBO Max and HBO, the Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters-run streamer has sent a note to its over 82 million U.S. subscribers telling them “nothing is changing…
Months after her American Eagle campaign sparked backlash, Sydney Sweeney is addressing the fallout around the ad’s public perception. The 2x Emmy nominee recently said she “was honestly surprised by the reaction” to her ‘Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans‘ campa…
EXCLUSIVE: The Good Book tells us “a soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.” However, this week, Sean Combs’ mother and Netflix both appear to have put the Bible lesson of Proverbs 15:1 out to pasture — as Janice Combs may crystal c…
After President Donald Trump derided (and misspelled the name of) CNN Chief White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins, the reporter shot back with a response...
“Let’s say, if I had a drink for every Venezuelan we’ve killed, I’d really like that number of drinks,” said Donald Trump’s fog of warred Secretary of Defense/War tonight in Saturday Night Live’s unusually high temperature cold open. In a cabinet full of joke…
Heartbreak does not feel good in a place like this. In the wake of the startling news of Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (and Paramount’s hostile counter bid), Jane Fonda took to satire to convey her antitrust concerns. Spoofing Nicol…
Saturday Night Live opened again with Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson), this time trying to make it through an Air Force One press gaggle having used Adderall and Ambien. “Could you comment on the latest batch of Epstein photos released by House Democrats?…
For someone whose nerves were at a self-described 10 out of 10 in the week leading up to his Saturday Night Live debut, first-time host Josh O’Connor began his Studio 8H debut about as smoothly as possible: In his monologue, the Wake Up Dead Man star glided e…
Whoopi Goldberg gave an emotional tribute to her late friend and Ghosts of Mississippi director Rob Reiner on today’s episode of The View, and followed it with an outraged response to Donald Trump’s self-serving statement that the slain Hollywood icon died as…
Jimmy Kimmel will risk poking the bear that is Donald Trump, with a televised Christmas speech reflecting on a “really great year” for fascism. Kimmel has been booked by Channel 4 to deliver the UK network’s annual Alternative Christmas Message, which broadca…
Aidy Bryant returned to Saturday Night Live, more than three years after leaving. Bryant returned to Studio 8H for the first time since she departed the show in May 2022. Bryant was there to help given Bowen Yang a send-off, bringing back their classic Trend …
With Ariana Grande back as Saturday Night Live host, and longtime cast member Bowen Yang leaving, it was pretty obvious that the NBC late night was going to be pretty Wicked, literally and figuratively, tonight. What was less evident was where the Lorne Micha…
With her third hosting stint on Saturday Night Live, Ariana Grande brought much-needed Christmas cheer to Studio 8H, leaving Season 51 of the long-running late-nighter better than she found it through her magical holiday touch. The honorary player showcased w…
The broadcast late-night shows are dark this week for the holiday but they were on President Donald Trump’s mind as he railed against the hosts again on Truth social Tuesday night before wishing everyone Merry Christmas. Stephen Colbert, host of CBS’ The Late…
From 221B Baker Street to The White House, BBC podcast listeners went big on Sherlock Holmes and U.S. politics and culture in 2025. President Donald Trump is suing the BBC for a $5B for the edit of one his speeches in its current affairs show Panorama, and th…
A Christmas Eve jazz concert held annually for two decades at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was canceled by its host this year in protest of the addition of Donald Trump’s name to the Washington, D.C., building. Chuck Redd, a jazz drummer…
Jimmy Kimmel has used a Christmas television address to spread tidings of comfort and joy — except if you are Donald Trump. The U.S. late-night host addressed the British nation in Channel 4’s Alternative Christmas Message, but the real audience for his speec…
Looking ahead to its return in the new year, The Daily Show is bidding “Merry Christmas to all” and to President “Donald Trump, good night.” In a 10-minute-long compilation video, the satirical late-nighter trolled the GOP leader with clips of him snoozing at…
Toby Morton, a comedian and former writer for South Park and Mad TV, saw the writing on the wall, as it were. Last August, months before President Donald Trump began floating the idea of renaming The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in his own h…
Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell has threatened a $1 million lawsuit against musician Chuck Redd after the jazz artist pulled out as host of the venue’s annual Christmas Eve concert in response to the establishment’s renaming after President Donald Tr…
And so we say au revoir to another year in showbiz. It’s rarely quiet, and there’s always something dominating the pixels of this website, so we endeavored to take a moment and reflect on some of the stories that have shaped 2025. From Karla Sofía Gascón’s ca…
EXCLUSIVE: It’s now that time of the year when In Memoriam lists are being compiled and posted commemorating those who passed in 2025. For New York Times readers picking up the paper today, amidst tributes to Diane Keaton, David Lynch, Angie Stone and 20 othe…
Media and entertainment is seeing a major shakeup in a burst of dealmaking from M&A to spinoffs, AI investment and leveraged buyouts, setting the stage for a pivotal 2026. Streaming consolidation, local broadcast ownership and Middle Eastern money are big the…
After more than five years of gushing red ink, 2025 was the year when streaming across the board started to turn a profit. There are caveats attached to that statement, of course. NBCUniversal’s Peacock is still making losses, and Apple TV’s economics are imp…
Before the year ends, it’s time to publish my choice for the top 10 documentaries of 2025 – an assignment that, I must admit, I do not relish. It’s agonizing to go over this list, check it twice and many more times before committing to a final 10, knowing the…
With just a few hours left in 2025, Donald Trump went after George Clooney and his new French citizenship, apparently in response to a recent interview in which the actor recalled that the president was “a big goofball” before he entered politics. Trump poste…
In the dying days of 2025, Donald Trump wants to be more Maximus than POTUS as a new video from the White House today laughably tries to assert Grabbing that pivotal battle scene at the beginning of Ridley Scott and Universal’s 2000 blockbuster Gladiator, the…
On Wall Street, speculation is often the sincerest form of flattery. That’s what the media and entertainment sector experienced in 2025, with Warner Bros Discovery shares surging 170% due to investor theorizing about the upside of the company’s acquisition by…
The official ratings for the 48th Annual Kennedy Center Honors are in, and the Dec. 23 telecast averaged 3.01 million viewers on CBS, according to Nielsen Live + Same Day Panel + Big Data. That is an all-time low audience for the annual special, down from 4.1…
Last spring, Broadway prognosticators would have been well within the boundaries of common sense to posit that the big theater story of 2025 might be the arrival of big-name Hollywood stars on Manhattan stages. George Clooney, Denzel Washington, Kieran Culkin…
UPDATED, with Clooney comment: With just a few hours left in 2025, Donald Trump went after George Clooney and his new French citizenship, apparently in response to a recent interview in which the actor recalled that the president was “a big goofball” before h…
The Kennedy Center is defending this year’s Kennedy Center Honors after the Donald Trump hosted telecast delivered all-time low viewership for CBS. The Dec. 23 telecast averaged 3.01 million viewers on CBS, according to Nielsen Live + Same Day Panel + Big Dat…
Stephen Schwartz said that he will not be part of a planned May event at the Kennedy Center after its board voted last month to add Donald Trump’s name to the venue. Schwartz, the composer/lyricist of Wicked, had been on the bill to host the Washington Nation…
CBS Evening News has unveiled “five simple principles” to guide the broadcast, as Tony Dokoupil prepares to take over as the new anchor of the broadcast on Monday. Dokoupil, who has been a co-host on CBS Mornings, will be the sixth anchor of the newscast in t…
Speaking at a press conference hours after the attacks on Venezuela, President Donald Trump said that the U.S. would be in charge of running the country after the toppling of leader Nicolás Maduro. “We are going to run the country until such time as we can do…
Tony Dokoupil made his debut as CBS Evening News‘ permanent anchor on Saturday with an extended interview with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “Great to be with you tonight, two days earlier than expected, with that major breaking news, news that could shape …
CBS News’ 60 Minutes is airing a new segment on Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro after his capture and detainment by the United States government. With the change, the report will take over a previous slot at 7:30 p.m. ET and 7 p.m. PT, following the NFL game…
Leonardo DiCaprio, who is set to receive the 2026 Palm Springs Film Festival’s Actor counterpart of the Desert Palm Achievement Award for his turn in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, will be forced to miss the event due to air restrictions res…
Tom Cruise & Paramount are cleared for takeoff on more Top Gun thanks to a trio of federal judges. Three and a half years after Paramount was first buzzsawed by a Top Gun: Maverick copyright infringement from the estate of the journalist who penned the piece …
MS NOW and CNN aired a video, widely circulating on social media, of the shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by an Immigration And Customs Enforcement agent, ...
As an internet shutdown in Iran cuts off protesters and other citizens from the rest of the world, Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof are calling for intervention from the global community. In a joint statement shared with Deadline, the Iranian filmmakers exp…
As ICE faces another nationwide outcry, Hannah Einbinder is using her platform to call out the government agency and urging others to do the same. Following the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis, the 4x Golden Globe nominee emphasized that “none of …
As the nation reels from last week’s fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good, the stars at Sunday’s 83rd Golden Globe Awards used the red carpet to protest the government agency. Mark Ruffalo and Wanda Sykes were among those to walk the carpet with pins that read ‘I…
With everyone anticipating Donald Trump’s whims seemingly every second of his second term, the former Apprentice host just brought his thumb down hard on the...
After Donald Trump gave a 13-minute interview to new CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil earlier this week, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt delivered a message to the anchor and his news team with a message from POTUS: Air the complete intervie…
60 Minutes plans to air a segment on Trump administration deportations to a notorious El Salvador prison, four weeks after it was pulled from the broadcast from CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss. The network announced that the segment would be part of the l…
Stellan Skarsgård has addressed the escalating stand-off between Donald Trump and Europe over the U.S. president’s demand that Denmark handover its autonomous territory of Greenland. The Swedish actor and Norwegian Sentimental Value director Joachim Trier, wh…
Saturday Night Live returned with a cold open once again featuring Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson), this time boasting along with Vice President JD Vance and his cabinet members about his latest moves, furthering his presidential authoritarianism. The ski…
Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order to block out an exclusive window for the Army-Navy Game, an effort to preserve its date and its lack of competition from other games. His post on Saturday comes amid proposal to expand the College Football Playoff…
Networks shifted from the emerging winter mega storm to another deadly shooting in Minneapolis, where federal agents killed a 37-year-old man. As was the case with the fatal shooting of Renee Good earlier this month, bystander video quickly emerged on social …
Forget Warner Bros, the real war zone between Netflix and Paramount this weekend is live spectacle sports. Originally locked in for tonight from Taiwan, the Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters-run streamer’s Skyscraper Live was already set to steal some of the thund…
The White House hosted screening of Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming documentary Melania on Saturday, as the furor intensified over the latest killing in Minneapolis by a federal immigration agent. The event drew figures including Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Amazon MG…
Sundance has spoken out after the racially-motivated assault on Rep. Maxwell Frost during a CAA party at the Park City, Utah film festival. After the Florida Democrat identified himself as the victim of Friday’s attack, in which a man was arrested following i…
The fatal shooting of an American by federal agents in Minneapolis today was left out of SNLs cold open tonight as the Lorne Michaels-run show went all Trump all the time again, with some old pals showing up. “You know this is such a special night, everyone w…
Former President Barack Obama weighed in on the killing of Alex Pretti, whose shooting by a federal agent on Saturday was met with furor and outrage as videos showed a different story of what happened than the initial Trump administration account. Obama poste…
Following the second fatal ICE shooting of a Minneapolis resident, Michael Che took aim at the government agency on ‘Weekend Update’. The Saturday Night Live star slammed ICE agents as inhuman following Saturday’s killing of 37-year old ICU nurse Alex Pretti,…
Donald Trump still wants to impose tariffs on movies made outside the United States, while he’s talking about establishing low interest bonds for the...
Pete Davidson returned to Saturday Night Live, this time to play Donald Trump’s border czar as he tries, without much success, to teach restraint to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after the chaos in Minneapolis. Davidson doesn’t look much at all l…
The NFL and ESPN have closed a deal that will see the NFL Network and other league media assets controlled by the Disney sports division. In exchange for its assets, the NFL is taking a 10% stake in ESPN. Hearst retains the 20% position in the sports operatio…
A question to Donald Trump today from Kaitlan Collins about the recently released and heavily redacted Epstein Files really got under POTUS’ notoriously thin skin. The immediate result was an unhinged Trump once again demeaning the CNN anchor as she asked him…
Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D’Amaro has been elevated to CEO of the Walt Disney Co., capping a closely watched multi-year process of identifying Bob Iger’s successor. Dana Walden, Disney Entertainment Co-Chairman, has been named President and Chief Creat…
Donald Trump will sit down for an interview with NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas, with a portion of the interview set to air as part of the network’s Super Bowl pre-game coverage on Sunday. This will be Llamas first interview with Trump since becoming anch…
Patti LuPone brought her Carnegie Hall concert to a close last night – and the New York audience to its feet – with a fervent call to protect the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. from President Donald Trump. After a two-hour show that included virtually no o…
As Netflix co-CEO faced a Senate subcommittee over its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros., lawmakers in both parties pressed serious concerns over the combination, citing in particular the streaming giant’s dominance. The chair of the Senate Judiciary antit…
Brett Ratner, director of Amazon MGM Studios documentary Melania, has denied having a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein after appearing in Department of Justice files on the late sex offender. The millions of documents released by the DoJ featured an image of…
The Supreme Court delivered a win to California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, rejecting a Republican challenge of a redistricting in the state that was passed overwhelmingly by voters last November. The high court denied an injunction that would have pu…
EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV executive Jay Hunt has been sounded out about becoming the next director general of the BBC. Deadline understands that Hunt, the European creative director at Apple TV, has been approached about succeeding Tim Davie, who dramatically resig…
Casey Wasserman still has the support of Karen Bass and the International Olympics Committee to stay in charge of LA28, for now. IOC Executive Board member Nicole Hoevertsz said on February 3 in Italy that the increasingly besieged Wasserman and his “entire t…
Donald Trump told NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas that he has decided that he “shouldn’t be involved” in his administration’s review of the Netflix-Warner Bros. merger or if Paramount succeeds in its hostile bid. “I haven’t been involved,” Trump said in th…
One of the many seedy guiding principles Donald Trump acquired from his mentor Roy Cohn was “admit nothing, deny everything,” and today that approach was evident as the former Apprentice host tried to wiggle out of a vile AI generated video posted on his Trut…
Donald Trump gave his endorsement to Nexstar’s proposed merger with Tegna, a transaction that would create a broadcast giant reaching 80% of TV households. On Truth Social, Trump wrote, “We need more competition against THE ENEMY, the Fake News National TV Ne…
As the Bay Area braces for Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl XL halftime show, the anti-ICE celebrations have already commenced. On Friday, Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong had a special message for Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as the band played…
With a stark disparity between Melania‘s critic and audience scores, Rotten Tomatoes is denying any bot interference. Despite speculation of rigged box office number, the movie review hub recently declared that its “Popcornmeter” score for the documentary abo…
With all the threats of ICE agents at the Super Bowl on Sunday, and Donald Trump and his MAGA minions vowing to change the channel when Bad Bunny hits the halftime stage in sunny Santa Clara for an all-Spanish performance, Gavin Newsom today gave the Grammy w…
An eight-minute excerpt of NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas’ interview aired during the network’s Super Bowl pre-game, continuing a tradition of presidents doing sit downs with the host broadcaster. What was perhaps most notable was the newsiest weekend top…
Kumail Nanjiani had the Beverly Hilton Ballroom in stiches tonight at the 78th DGA Awards on how backwards they’ve been for quite some time, specifically in regards to their lifetime achievement award. No, the jab wasn’t over the fact that it’s not being best…
The Gallup Organization will no longer track presidential approval numbers, ending a gathering of data that goes back to Franklin Roosevelt. Gallup’s most recent presidential approval rating for Donald Trump, measured from Dec. 1-15, put the president at 36% …
EXCLUSIVE: International Emmy Award winner Vir Das, India’s top standup comic, is about to embark on a U.S. and international tour. His Hey Stranger tour kicks off February 27 at the Chicago Theatre in Chicago and includes stops in Washington DC, Boston, Dall…
Casey Wasserman will remain as the head of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, says the LA28 Board. After a quickly called emergency meeting Wednesday over Wasserman’s recently revealed relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and the pedophile’s inner circle, leaders of…
Donald Trump said that a staffer has not been fired in the fallout after a video was posted to the president’s Truth Social account that featured a racist clip depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Trump defended the …
Cardi B is feuding with Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on social media after she took a dig at ICE during her first concert from the Little Miss Drama Tour. The “Bodak Yellow” rapper launched her new tour in Palm Desert, California, and …
Sports analyst Stephen A. Smith continues to tease a potential presidential run, telling CBS Sunday Morning that while he has “no desire” to be a politician or run for office, he’s not ruling it out. In an interview with CBS News’ Robert Costa, Smith said, “S…
Nearly nine years later, Kathy Griffin is moving on with her career after a bloody anti-Trump protest photo went too far for many. The 2x Emmy-winning comedian said that although “people still define me by” the 2017 photo of Griffin holding a fake severed hea…
Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that he believes that “progress has been made” in the Nancy Guthrie case after the FBI got involved. The case is being led by the Pima County Sheriff, which has jurisdiction over the Tucson area neighborhood where Guthrie…
Rene Augustine, who served in the White House and Justice Department during President Donald Trump’s first term, has been named senior vice president of global public policy at Paramount. Augustine will report to Makan Delrahim, chief legal officer for Paramo…
Donald Trump returned to bashing Bill Maher on Saturday, almost a year after the HBO Real Time host dined with him at the White House. The president took...
As Donald Trump continues to shrug responsibility for an AI-generated video posted to his Truth Social account of the Obamas depicted as apes, Barack Obama has responded. The 44th president chalked up the clip, as well as recent rhetoric around Renée Good and…
Gavin Newsom still won’t totally admit he’s running for President in 2028, but the California Governor is forthright in his belief that Donald Trump has a sell-by date. “Donald Trump is temporary,” Newsom told the Munich Security Conference today. “He’ll be g…
Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote in a letter to members of Congress that all of the Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein have been released in accordance with a law passed last year to disclose the millions of documents related to the the convicted sex…
Anderson Cooper is exiting as a correspondent for 60 Minutes after nearly two decades with the CBS News newsmagazine. Cooper has reported for the show while anchoring full time on CNN, under an agreement between the network and CBS. But he decided not to rene…
South Africa’s racist system of Apartheid endured for generations and, so brutally was it maintained, appeared impregnable. One of those who played a vital role in its unlikely demise was Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the religious leader and theologian. He did it…
The truth is always more powerful than fiction. The Perfect Neighbor team made up of director Geeta Gandbhir and producers Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee took home the award for Best Documentary at the 2026 Independent Spirit Awards on Sunday. Spea…
EXCLUSIVE: Veteran Daily Show writer Matt Koff is set to debut a new comedy special, Cat Man, on the streaming service Veeps on March 10. In his second hour of comedy, the Comedy Cellar regular discusses divorce, middle-age and cats — sharing his thoughts on …
Anna Gomez, the sole Democrat on the FCC, called out CBS for restricting Stephen Colbert from featuring an interview with a U.S. Senate candidate on his late night show’s regular broadcast, as the network feared running afoul of equal time rules. On his show …
When Stephen Colbert announced that CBS restricted him from airing an interview with a Democratic candidate, it set off a range of reactions: Some argued that it reflected Trump’s efforts to censor late-night content; others that it was merely enforcement of …
The attention surrounding James Talarico’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert interview has been very good for the Texas Democrat’s campaign for U.S. Senate. He raised $2.5 million in the 24 hours after the segment was shifted from CBS broadcast to YouTube, his l…
EXCLUSIVE: A $15,000 ticket that Jeffrey Epstein bought for Hollywood PR maven Peggy Siegel to attend the Motion Picture and Television Fund’s Night Before gala in 2013 has become a prime focus of a long ongoing lawsuit that is now pulling besieged LA28 chair…
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said that the agency “has an enforcement action underway on ABC’s The View after the show featured James Talarico, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, as a guest. “We’re taking a look at it,” Carr told reporters on Wednesday, but…
Six nominees for WGA Awards in the Comedy/Variety Series – Talk or Sketch category grappled Wednesday night with one of the great riddles of our age: Is Donald Trump actually funny? Opinions on the topic – one of many covered in a multi-faceted, 90-minute dis…
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed portions of the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation, but will allow other claims to proceed to trial next month. The Justice Department and 39 states sued Live Nation in 2024, with claims that comp…
Donald Trump called on Netflix to fire one of its board members, Susan Rice, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and national security adviser, following comments she made about accountability when Democrats return to power. Trump posted on Truth…
Following a public Valentine’s Day breakup with his former pal Donald Trump, Bill Maher has shared his reaction to the president’s recent rant. On Friday’s episode of Real Time, the comedian joked he knows “how women feel now” after a guy buys them dinner and…
After months of jabs and feints, the white gloves may have truly come off in Netflix and Paramount’s multibillion-dollar battle for control of Warner Bros. Discovery. With just 24 hours left to go on the WBD board’s weeklong talks with the David Ellison-owned…
Ted Sarandos has flown into London with a message for Paramount as both studios chase the prize of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Speaking to Deadline on the red carpet of the BAFTA Film Awards, the Netflix co-CEO said: “We have a signed deal with Warner Bros.…
The estate of Isaac Hayes has reached a settlement with Donald Trump over the use of the song “Hold On, I’m Coming” at campaign rallies. A joint stipulation of dismissal with prejudice was filed in U.S. District Court in Atlanta on Monday. The terms were not …
His boss is known to show up at the Super Bowl, the U.S. Open, UFC events, the FIFA World Cup Final and, of course, LIV Golf tournaments held at at Trump courses, but FBI director Kash Patel took it one step further this weekend, popping up in the locker room…
Media outlets on the right seized on a comment that California Governor Gavin Newsom made as he has been in the midst of a promotional tour for his new memoir. On Sunday evening, in an appearance with Atlanta Mayor Andrew Dickens, Newsom said, “I’m not trying…
Saturday Night Live opened with Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson), who touted himself as peacemaker, now exulting in war with Iran. Less than a day after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on the Iranian regime, killing the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, th…
Amazon MGM Studios’ Melania will begin streaming on Prime Video on March 9, following its January 30 theatrical release. The documentary from director Brett Ratner, which featured “behind-the-scenes access to the first lady during the critical weeks before th…
The 23rd annual True/False film festival in Columbia, MO has reached its midway point, with one of documentary’s most revered talents presiding as Visiting Artistic Director – Oscar nominee Yance Ford. For the filmmaker known for Strong Island and Power, it m…
Even with Ryan Gosling back as host tonight, SNL eschewed a Hail Mary for its cold open and went with tradition with another predictable and still hilarious roasting of Pete Hegseth with some axed and “reassigned under the bus” Kristi Noem tossed in. Or, as …
CNN is once again preempting the next installment of Have I Got News For You amid its continuing coverage of the Iran War, the series’ production company, Hat Trick, announced online. CNN also refrained from airing the comedic TV panel show last Saturday to a…
Nintendo of America is seeking a refund from the Trump administration after the Supreme Court ruled that the president lacked sweeping authority to impose tariffs under a 1977 emergency powers law. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade l…
Fox News has apologized for airing old footage of Donald Trump during this weekend’s coverage of the President’s attendance at the dignified transfer ceremony for U.S. soldiers killed in the current conflict in the Middle East. The President’s appearance at t…
After months and month of teasing a White House race, Stephen A. Smith said just a few weeks ago he wasn’t ruling out a 2028 bid. Well, that was then. Now is now, and today the provocative ESPN host insisted it’s time to put the “presidential aspiration to be…
A $150 million lawsuit filed today against Jeff Shell looks to put the Paramount executive in both legal and corporate peril. “Jeff knows he f*cked up,” an insider told Deadline this AM as the long anticipated action by Robert James “RJ” Cipriani hit the cour…
Former First Lady Jill Biden will publish her memoir, View from the East Wing, on June 2, in which she she will give her reflections on her husband Joe Biden’s decision, after much pressure, to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race. Gallery Books, a divisi…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi headlined a Los Angeles fundraiser on Tuesday evening that raised more than $2 million to boost Democrats in their efforts to win back the House, per organizers. Jimmy Kimmel emceed t…
A FBI alert over an Iranian drone “surprise attack” on the West Coast has led to a war of words between the White House and ABC News. “Outlets like ABC have been playing fast and loose despite many Americans relying on them for solid, factual reporting during…
Donald Trump nominated a senior State Department official to lead the agency that oversees the Voice of America and other U.S. government broadcasters, after a federal judge invalidated layoffs and other actions taken by the president’s appointee, Kari Lake. …
Just weeks after joining the U.S Men’s Olympic hockey team in the locker room to celebrate their Gold Medal victory in Italy, FBI director Kash Patel is celebrating what he sees as another athletic milestone. “I’m thrilled to announce this historic seminar be…
EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is returning to the subject of Elon Musk, with a sequel documentary four years after 72 Films first profiled the tech billionaire. Musk: The Next Chapter (working title) follows on from 2022’s The Elon Musk Show, and will track his life sin…
CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen recently returned after a week from inside Iran, as the first American network team to enter the country since the start of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on the country. Along with photojournalist and producer Claudia Otto, Pleitgen trek…
Donald Trump announced that Matt Floca has been tapped to serve as the executive director of the Kennedy Center, amid reports that Ric Grenell, who has led the arts institution for more than a year, would be exiting. Trump seemingly confirmed Grenell’s depart…
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gave another media critique at a Pentagon press conference on Friday, this time singling out a CNN report that the Trump administration underestimated the war’s impact on the Strait of Hormuz. The strait, controlled on three …
Like a mad dog with a bone, the Trump administration won’t or can’t let it go with CNN today over the cable news channel’s coverage of the ongoing war with Iran. “Fake News CNN is at it again,” proclaims a missive just put out by the White House mere hours af…
Another weekend and it’s another dust-up between Donald Trump and Gavin Newsom — this time about media censorship or control, depending on who you ask. As the former Apprentice host’s sycophantic FCC chair threatens outlets over their Iran War coverage, a gol…
Donald Trump’s FCC chairman threatened broadcaster licenses and warned that news outlets should “course correct” before their renewals come up after the president blasted the media over their coverage of the Iran war. Brendan Carr wrote on X on Saturday, “Bro…
An overwhelming number of Los Angeles City Council members have some serious issues with Casey Wasserman remaining in charges of the upcoming the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad, but LA28 doesn’t seem to care. “With the Board’s position on leadership established,…
The Kennedy Center must provide one of its ex officio board members information on Donald Trump’s plans to close and renovate the arts institution, and to allow her to voice her opinion at the body’s upcoming meeting next week. U.S. District Judge Christopher…
Saturday Night Live again went with a cold open that skewered Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth for their lack of planning for the fallout from the war in Iran. Over the past week, as gas prices have shot up, the president has tried to offer a counter argument, w…
The BBC is expected to hire former Google executive Matt Brittin as its next director general, according to insiders at the UK broadcaster. The Guardian reported on Wednesday that Brittin could be confirmed as Tim Davie’s replacement as early as next week. Th…
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) has unveiled a draft legislative framework that targets some of the most hot button issues swirling around Hollywood and AI, including the use of copyrighted works in training models and the prevalence of unauthorized deepfakes of…
When Donald Trump met in the Oval Office on Thursday with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, he was asked why he didn’t tell U.S. allies about plans to strike Iran. “You don’t want to signal too much,” Trump said. “We went in very hard, and we didn’t tel…
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth again raged over media coverage of the war in Iran, this time claiming that news outlets are reporting negative news because “the want President Trump to fail.” Hegseth’s Pentagon briefing marked only the latest in which he h…
California and six other states filed suit to block Nexstar’s merger with Tegna, a transaction that will create a broadcast station giant. The $6.2 billion transaction would give the combined company 265 stations covering 80% of the country. Attorney General …
Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday designed to try to prevent the scheduling of rival football games to the Army-Navy Game, which has been held on the second Saturday of December. The executive order puts pressure on broadcast networks to preser…
The Trump administration insists Bill Maher will not be receiving the prestigious Mark Twain Award for American Humor. “This is fake news,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Friday as reports circulated the Real Time host was going to entering the …
A longtime hater of the flagship NBC sketch comedy series, Donald Trump appears to be a fan of Saturday Night Live UK after its debut this weekend. On Sunday, the 45th/47th POTUS shared a clip of the premiere episode’s cold open, mocking Prime Minister Keir S…
The Kennedy Center is slated for closure on July 7, in what President Donald Trump says is a needed pause in operations to make badly needed repairs to the sprawling complex on the Potomac. Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), an ex officio member of the board, is seeki…
Europe needs to remember how to “tell its own story.” That was the loud and clear message from an impassioned, almost Churchillian speech by Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset this morning, as he gets set to sign a landmark international co-prod…
The Nexstar-Tegna merger is being challenged in the courts on a number of fronts, but in the meantime it’s the source of a political clash between California Governor Gavin Newsom and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. The merger, which would create a broadcast giant…
Donald Trump’s effort today to praise his new Homeland Security Secretary and defend him from mocking by Jimmy Kimmel kind of backfired. “I never heard low-level MMA,” the former Apprentice host said of the former Senator from Oklahoma on Thursday on Fox News…
Jane Fonda brought her Committee for the First Amendment to Washington, D.C. on Friday, for a pre-No Kings Day that focused on Donald Trump’s attacks on the media and the pending merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. Held on a street just near …
After the Trump administration protested Bill Maher’s selection as this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor recipient, the comedian is engaging with his favorite dinner companion. On Friday’s episode of Real Time, the host said he’s “honored to accept”…
Tiger Woods was released from a short stint in a Florida jail tonight after being arrested earlier in the day for driving under the influence following a car crash. In his second official apprehension by police in the past decade, a red-eyed Woods had his mug…
A federal judge on Friday evening granted a temporary restraining order to halt Nexstar’s merger with Tegna, a transaction that creates a broadcasting giant with almost 270 stations across the country. U.S. District Judge Troy Nunley sided with DirecTV, which…
Robert De Niro, Jane Fonda, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez and many other famous figures led and attended the third round of No Kings protests, part of some 3,000 marches scheduled nationwide today. In New York, the Heat actor was among those leading the proces…
The video spread at a velocity only social media can generate. Missiles rained down on the USS Abraham Lincoln, blasting fighter jets into the sea, the vessel breaking apart in a dramatic fireball — shared millions of times before anyone thought to ask whethe…
Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story, the New York Times bestelling book by investigative journalist Julie K. Brown, is in the works for television with Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe winner Laura attached to star and executive produce. Sony Picture…
CBS News is expanding its investigative unit by adding five new journalists. In its announcement, the news organization said the move showed a “commitment to in-depth and groundbreaking journalism” that will “strengthen the News division’s commitment to produ…
It took a while to get there, but like its newly(ish) launched SNL UK cousin, SNL went for a very political cold open tonight. The skit started out drilling down on NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament’s Final Four before deftly segueing to the April …
Donald Trump threatened an unnamed media outlet that reported on a downed military airman in Iran, warning that the disclosure risked jeopardizing an ultimately successful rescue mission. A first airman was rescued within hours after the plane was shot down. …
Donald Trump weighed in on the race for California governor, endorsing Republican Steve Hilton, a former Fox News contributor. Trump posted on Truth Social early on Monday, “I have known and respected Steve Hilton, who is running for Governor of California, f…
For decade upon decade, many Cuban exiles have prayed for the downfall of the island’s communist government, established in the 1959 coup led by “comandante” Fidel Castro. Remarkably, among the foremost critics of Cuba’s single-party despotic rule is one of C…
Accusations of rape and other misconduct against Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA) has thrown California’s already chaotic California gubernatorial race into unknown territory with influential politicians calling on Swalwell to drop out ASAP. Four women, inclu…
Just a couple hours after Vice President JD Vance announced that marathon peace talks with Iran produced no agreement, Saturday Night Live opened with Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) and Pete Hegseth (Colin Jost) reveling in their failure. After speaking …
EXCLUSIVE: BBC employees’ confidence in the UK broadcaster’s leaders has taken a significant hit after a string of editorial scandals in 2025, including the bust-up with Donald Trump. In internal communication this week, the BBC revealed the findings of its s…
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said that he still is inviting Paramount CEO David Ellison to testify on the proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, after the lawmaker held a 2 1/2 “spotlight” hearing that warned about the merger’s impact on everything from j…
The BBC will in the coming months set out how it plans to cut back on TV, radio and online following today’s brutal announcement of 2,000 layoffs. Rhodri Talfan Davies, the BBC’s interim Director General, just said on Radio 4’s The Media Show that the corpora…
CBS could add another Los Angeles-based production to its primetime lineup as the network revealed Wednesday that it is in development on a new cop drama starring Matt LeBlanc that, if greenlit, would film locally. That series, titled Flint, would mark the fo…
When actress Sonia Manzano goes out in public, bringing a hanky can be quite helpful. Fans tend to react to her with deep emotion. They know and love Manzano from Sesame Street, the show she graced as Maria from 1971 to 2015, an extraordinary 44-year run. Her…
Thwarted today in what looked to be a Donald Trump approved $6.2 billion local station mega-deal to merge with Tegna, Nexstar are vowing to march forward in the courts. At the same time, New York’s Attorney General Letitia James, one of the leading advocates …
A federal judge just put a halt to Nexstar’s proposed $6.2 billion merger with Tegna, putting in doubt the combination of the companies to create a broadcast station giant – at least for now With just a few hours to go on the current TRO, U.S. District Judge …
As Bad Bunny delivered his historic halftime performance at Super Bowl LX in February, Pedro Pascal was not prepared to be so involved with the celebration. After he appeared dancing with a star-studded group of partiers in ‘La Casita’ during the show at Levi…
With the AI discourse spreading in Hollywood, Reese Witherspoon seems intent on making a seat for women at the table. The Oscar winner and Hello Sunshine co-founder recently explained why she’s taken it upon herself to “learn as much as I possibly can about A…
Another Trump cabinet member is out: Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the secretary of labor, resigned on Monday. White House Communications Director Steven Cheung said in a statement that she “will be leaving the Administration to take a position in the private sector. …
When Donald Trump attends the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner for the first time as president on Saturday, the pressure will be on the journalists’ organization to make some sort of a statement about the president’s relentless attacks on the me…
Comedian Matt Friend, known for his satire and impressions of Donald Trump and other political figures, will headline a comedy special from Washington, D.C. that will air on CNN on the eve the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. The special, Ameri…
Tucker Carlson offered a mea culpa on his podcast for supporting Donald Trump in his 2024 presidential campaign, telling his viewers and listeners that he will be “tormented by it for a long time.” In a conversation with his brother Buckley, a Trump speechwri…
Trump Media and Technology Corp., which operates the social media platform Truth Social, has named Kevin McGurn as interim CEO to succeed Devin Nunes. McGurn, a former executive at T-Mobile USA, Vevo and Hulu, has been an advisor to the company since December…
A prevailing theme of this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner will be how journalists make a statement in the presence of Donald Trump, whose attacks on the media have come in the form of social media posts and outbursts, but also more seri…
A federal judge sided with Bill Maher and HBO in rejecting Laura Loomer’s defamation lawsuit against the host, concluding that she had not met the threshold for proving that he acted with actual malice. Loomer sued in 2024 after Maher, on one of his shows, qu…
The FCC has launched a new inquiry into the TV ratings system, including whether issues of gender identity are being included in children’s programming without flagging that content to parents. The proceeding, announced on Wednesday, is the latest scrutiny th…
EXCLUSIVE: It’s now a month since Saturday Night Live UK crashed onto British screens like Melania Trump emerging from a garden bush in Croydon — and the early viewing data is encouraging, if not faultless, for Sky’s remake of NBC’s iconic comedy series. A De…
Reese Witherspoon has been met with the expected industry backlash following her recent interest in artificial intelligence. After the Oscar winner expressed her intention to “learn as much as I possibly can about AI,” noting that women’s jobs are “more likel…
Still awaiting a ruling from a trio of Appeal Court judges over his criminal case, the incarcerated Sean “Diddy” Combs got some bad legal news today. A New York judge just threw out the Bad Boy Records founder’s over a year old $100 million defamation lawsuit…
Jimmy Kimmel delivered his own, alternative to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner comedy monologue, with scathing jokes about Donald Trump, his wife Melania and the president’s White House team. In his monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday, Kimmel no…
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert won’t quite be over on May 6, and Barack Obama’s presidential library won’t quite be open, but the duo will be sitting down for a chat next month just before the late night host heads into the CBS sunset. In what will be Col…
In case anyone thought Donald Trump was going to be nice to the media before hitting his first White House Correspondents Dinner as POTUS tonight, well they just lost big on that Polymarket prediction. Flying back to DC Saturday for the WHCD from Florida, the…
When Donald Trump attends the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on Saturday evening, a question on the minds of many is what he will say, who will he attack, and how long he will speak. Among those who may be in the crowd is California Governor G…
Donald Trump and other dignitaries have been hustled out of the White House Correspondents Dinner after shots were fired. As guest at the event leap under tables under orders from the Secret Service, POTUS, the First Lady, the Vice President, mentalist Oz Pe…
The armed suspect who charged a security checkpoint at the White House House Correspondents’ Association Dinner planned to target Trump administration officials, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Sunday, as a shaken press corps and hundreds of othe…
“It’s always shocking when something like this happens,” Donald Trump said tonight about the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner. “It was either a tray or a bullet,” he said he heard before agents hustled him to safety. “When you are impactful t…
The catering staff at the Washington Hilton was just about to the main course — prime Chateaubriand and Maine lobster — when four loud, quick shots could be heard. With Donald Trump making his first appearance as president, the White House Correspondents’ Din…
60 Minutes released his first clip from its sit down with Donald Trump, in which the president described the moments that shots were heard in the Washington Hilton ballroom during the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner and he and other top officia…
OPINION: President Donald Trump seems determined to use the full force of the White House to force Disney and ABC to cancel Jimmy Kimmel’s talk show over jokes he told days before the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. In this morning’s missive, Trump warned…
Among the busy and burdensome affairs of state on Donald Trump’s desk this morning, growing the number of unemployed in America is a clearly a priority. Displaying his mastery of details, POTUS specifically wants to see those without jobs in our nation bop up…
Radiologist and Fox News opinion contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier will be nominated by Donald Trump for surgeon general, putting an end to speculation over whether the president’s previous pick, Dr. Casey Means, could get Senate confirmation. Saphier, director …
Whether or not talk of an Apprentice revival by Amazon and a generational handover are real, speculation has finally made its way to the Oval Office. The former host of the NBC competition series and its Celebrity Apprentice spin-off was asked Thursday what h…
The future of LIV Golf has been thrown in doubt after a report that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) will stop financing the tour. According to the BBC, the multi-billion dollar backing will be withdrawn at the end of current season, potentially po…
Gavin Newsom is preparing to step up to the political heavyweight league with an almost certain 2028 White House campaign, and to make a bigger name for himself the California Governor is aiming to sock “little guy” Joe Rogan right in the kisser. Mere hours b…
It has become a routine — another social media post by President Donald Trump demanding Jimmy Kimmel’s firing is followed by another response by the comedian on his ABC late-night show Jimmy Kimmel Live. In the opening monologue Thursday, Kimmel showed Trump’…
Some of the most powerful state attorneys general in the nation just got eclipsed by five regular citizens in a move to put the brakes on Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros Discovery. “The April 23, 2026, stockholder vote materially changed the posture of th…
Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton on Thursday released his five-point plan to revive California’s sagging film and television industry, noting, “The lights are literally going out in Hollywood.” A former Fox News host who announced his governor …
Deep in the middle of a tough reelection campaign, Karen Bass has discovered the middle of the road can be a very politically dangerous place with few good options. To that, the incumbent Mayor has today snagged the Hollywood production and competition propos…
“In summery, war is awesome!” A week after taking the stage as a part of Deadline’s Contenders TV shindig in LA, Ashley Padilla took center stage in SNL’s cold open tonight in NYC as White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. Then, in what may would assume…
The New York Times, The Washington Post and Reuters were multiple winners of Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, while the journalism committee awarded a special citation to the Miami Herald’s Julie K. Brown for her reporting on Jeffrey Epstein. A number of the winner…
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees said that it has filed unfair labor practice charges against the Kennedy Center over the layoffs of workers in advance of the arts institution’s planned closure in July. The charges, filed with the Nati…
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani is currently in a Florida hospital in “critical but stable condition,” per reporting from The New York Times. It’s unclear what ailment led Giuliani to the hospital, nor when he was transported. His spokesman, Ted Good…
It’s Star Wars Day today, but it is starting to feel a lot like Barack Obama Week too. One day before a much hyped sit-down with Stephen Colbert, the 44th POTUS teamed up with Luke Skywalker himself Monday to celebrate May The 4th Be With You, as well as the …
Rob Lowe, host of Fox game show The Floor, made a lot of noise last year when he detailed how it was cheaper to bring 100 Americans to Ireland than to walk across the lot at Fox and shoot it in LA. The Floor, which is shot just outside of Dublin, Ireland, is …
The Federal Trade Commission and Media Matters have settled their litigation following a court ruling that the federal agency violated the First Amendment when it issued a civil investigative demand to the media watchdog. The Media Matters lawsuit was dismiss…
Editor’s Note: In what could be one of the most consequential elections in Los Angeles’ history, the race this year for mayor sees two former allies in an increasingly sharp bid to take over City Hall. With many issues in the contest between incumbent Mayor K…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit against The New York Times on Tuesday, alleging that it violated federal law when it passed up a white male employee for a promotion because of his race or sex. The lawsuit reflects a shift in the Trump a…
Donald Trump paid tribute to media titan Ted Turner, who died on Wednesday at age 87, while bashing the network he created, CNN. In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote, “Ted Turner, one of the Greats of All Time, just died. He founded CNN, sold it, and was perso…
Seven candidates for California governor crowded a CNN debate stage in East Los Angeles on Tuesday, spending much of the two hours sparring and strategizing to gain an upper hand in a race that still remains fluid. One of the few moments where the contenders …
Mark Hamill revised a social media post featuring an image of a dead Donald Trump after the White House labeled the actor as “sick” and claimed that it was the type of rhetoric that has inspired assassination attempts against the president. Hamill wrote on Bl…
The History Channel is honoring veterans in a new video series to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States. The cable network is launching Mission To Honor: A 250th Salute To American Veterans. The series, which will launch this spring on the li…
When Nexstar CEO Perry Sook opened an investor call on Thursday, he referred to the company’s merger situation with Tegna as “unusual.” That sounds like an understatement. The company’s hopes of becoming a broadcaster behemoth, with almost 260 stations coveri…
Garrett Haake has been named NBC News’ chief White House correspondent, filling a key role for coverage of the Donald Trump administration. He will succeed Peter Alexander, who recently left the network to serve as anchor for MS NOW. In a memo to staffers, Ch…
ABC said that the the FCC’s efforts to restrict political candidates from appearing on shows like The View amount to a violation of its First Amendment rights, pushing back on Trump-appointed Brendan Carr‘s efforts to use his regulatory authority to threaten …
EXCLUSIVE: The BBC’s biggest test since the BAFTA Film Awards has almost arrived. Sunday night’s BAFTA TV Awards come less than three months after the debacle at its sister event, when tourette’s campaigner John Davidson involuntarily yelled the N-word at the…
Rachel Corp, the chief executive of storied British news producer ITN, is stepping down with immediate effect after nearly four years. Corp, whose exit has shocked colleagues, will be replaced by Ian Rumsey, the boss of ITN Productions. It means Rumsey is U-t…
Three years on from the dual writers and actors strikes, and everything is not as film and television workers might have hoped. After years of adopting phrases like ‘survive til ’25’ to establish a light at the end of the tunnel, the Hollywood labor unions ar…
In Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord, Sebastian Stan returns to his Romanian roots with a story that forces us to examine our prejudices, our assumptions, and the treatment of immigrants. Starring opposite Renate Reinsve, Stan once again plunges into a risky, thorny ro…
CBS News said that a cameraman is “okay and recovering” after he suffered a media emergency during a live broadcast of CBS Evening News from Taiwan. Anchor Tony Dokoupil was toward the end of the broadcast when he stopped and said, “Is he OK? We’re going to t…
With the search officially underway for the next James Bond, it appears Donald Trump is trying to dust off what remains of his onscreen career. On Saturday, the White House reacted to news that casting director Nina Gold (The Force Awakens, Game of Thrones, T…
Javier Bardem is in Cannes for the debut of Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s The Beloved, a psychological drama about an Oscar-winning director named Esteban Martinez trying to reconnect with his actress daughter whom he hasn’t seen in 13 years. Oh, and he’s also a recove…
The White House lawn and presidential residence itself have been locked down after dozens of apparent gunshots rang out near the area, as reported by multiple publications and captured in video footage. FBI director Kash Patel tweeted that federal authorities…
Donald Trump said that a peace agreement with Iran has been “largely negotiated” to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The president’s announcement on Saturday lacked details, and he wrote on Truth Social that it is “subject to finalization” between…
Among plenty in Hollywood, the race for Los Angeles mayor isn’t so much a question of who to support, but rather how did it come to this? “A continued mess,” laments one top industry donor. With less than two weeks to go before the city’s crowded primary, pol…
A federal judge dismissed Michael Wolff’s lawsuit against First Lady Melania Trump, concluding that the journalist’s litigation was an “inappropriate level of tactical gamesmanship.” “While Plaintiff and the First Lady have a real dispute, they must litigate …
Stephen Colbert may have revealed what his next move is now the Late Show is over on CBS, and CBS looks to still working with their ex-late night main man – at least when it comes to his vMay 22 Michigan public access special. In the usual online rush to judg…
Russell T. Davies’ “angriest and darkest series yet” launches on Sunday but the Doctor Who showrunner is already thinking about the shape of an American version, and he has talent in mind. Davies’ new show Tip Toe is about a gay bar owner in Manchester and hi…
After a brief burst of good ratings results, CBS News is once against under a dark cloud of allegations of MAGA appeasement and corporate overlords overreach. With her contract now expired and inhibitions lapsed, longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfso…
Donald Trump filed an amended defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over the publication’s reporting on a birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein. A federal judge dismissed Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit in April, concluding that it failed to adequately …
As the discourse around artificial intelligence (AI) in Hollywood continues to buzz, Steven Spielberg recently shared his two cents. The 3x Oscar winner noted that he’s “withholding judgment on AI” until he has a better understanding of how it’s being used, b…
The upheaval at CBS News — and 60 Minutes in particular — was on display at the News & Documentary Emmys on Wednesday evening, with the winner of a journalism scholarship calling out the network’s recent direction as something that “stains” its legacy. Santia…
The Walt Disney Co. and ABC are once again pushing back on the FCC, this time over the agency’s demand that it file early renewal applications for its broadcast licenses, a move that the company calls a threat to the First Amendment. “It is an extraordinary d…
EXCLUSIVE: After Sarah McBride won election in 2024 to represent Delaware in the U.S. House of Representatives, she became the first openly transgender person to serve in Congress. How did some members of the Republican majority greet her? By deliberately mis…
Donald Trump said that his administration will be working with Congress to transfer the Kennedy Center “back to them” in light of a federal judge’s ruling that the president’s name must be taken off the performing arts institution and blocking plans to close …
A federal judge imposed a temporary halt to the Trump Justice Department plans for a almost $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund,” which already has stirred bipartisan opposition over the prospect it will mean compensation to those who violently stormed the …
As the United States of America inches toward its 250th birthday, Martina McBride is taking a stand against the country’s current administration. On Thursday, shortly after the lineup was announced, the 14x Grammy nominee dropped out of her performance at the…
A federal judge ruled on Friday that the board of the Kennedy Center cannot rename the arts center for Donald Trump, while he blocked plans to close the complex for two years for renovations. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper wrote on Friday that only Co…
Former Celebrity Apprentice winner Bret Michaels is the latest performer to drop out of the lineup for a series of concerts on the National Mall during the Great American State Fair, which is billed as “a World Fair-style celebration of America’s 250th birthd…
Marking the late president’s 109th birthday, John F. Kennedy’s family is celebrating a judge’s recent decision to preserve his namesake memorial performing arts building. Following a federal judge’s order on Friday to remove Donald Trump’s name from the Kenne…
After most of his Freedom 250 lineup has dropped out of the upcoming White House celebration, Donald Trump has responded. On Saturday, the twice-impeached POTUS threatened to “give a major speech” during an ‘America Is Back Rally’ after artists like Martina M…
Ivy Meeropol, director of Ask E. Jean, the documentary about E. Jean Carroll who successfully sued Donald Trump for defamation and battery, is responding to reports the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into Carroll. “Unbelievable, yet no…
Back after a brief holiday hiatus last week, John Oliver returned to his desk to roast the botched rollout of Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 celebration, which has seen myriad cancellations since various scheduled performers like Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, M…
Amid a wave of firings at 60 Minutes, longtime correspondent Scott Pelley accused CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss of “murdering” the show, while he questioned her qualifications and that of the top rated newsmagazine’s new executive producer, Nick Bilton.…
With a blistering lawsuit filed Monday, the state of Florida may succeed where Elon Musk failed in bringing OpenAI and Sam Altman to heel. “Today, we announced the first-in-the-nation state-led lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman,” Sunshine State A…
Donald Trump said that he’s now planning a June 24 rally in Washington, D.C. with Lee Greenwood and Christopher Macchio performing after a line up of artists pulled out of previous plans for a Freedom 250 concert series on the National Mall. Trump wrote on Tr…
Brian Bennett is joining MS NOW as national security director, overseeing national security reporting at the White House and across the Trump administration. Bennett most recently has been senior White House correspondent for Time, and covered the Joe Biden, …
When the Trump administration’s Mehmet Oz spoke to this year’s AI Honors Gala, he referenced what numerous polls have shown: the AI revolution is being met with public skepticism and fear. “When was the last time you saw a fictional movie where AI was the her…
After calling out the DHS last year for using her song, Olivia Rodrigo recently reflected on the experience. The 3x Grammy winner recalled feeling “enraged” at seeing a “deeply disturbing” ICE propaganda video in November that featured her 2023 song ‘All-Amer…
In his first interview since his firing from 60 Minutes, Scott Pelley said that CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss and the network’s leadership are engaged in “subtle political bias” to influence the show, while he said that the brass “don’t know what they’r…
Donald Trump cut an interview off with Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker, amid a verbal back-and-forth as she challenged him for evidence of claims that the 2020 election was rigged and that there are vote-counting shenanigans now occurring in Californi…
To little surprise, Donald Trump responded to Stephen A. Smith’s taunts and teasing, including over who has a higher IQ and over images that appeared to show the president sleeping while attending the New York Knicks NBC finals game. On Truth Social on Wednes…
House lawmakers on Wednesday seized on the migration of NFL games from free TV to subscription platforms, in a hearing lopsided in criticism that frustrated fans are shelling out more to see their favorite teams. A hearing to examine the Sports Broadcasting A…
Republican Steve Hilton will advance to the November election and face off against Democrat Xavier Becerra, the AP projected on Tuesday. Votes are still being counted, but the AP determined that Hilton had amassed a lead that the third place finisher, Democra…
Vice President JD Vance will make his first appearance on The View next week. His guest spot comes as the show is the subject of an FCC investigation, led by President Donald Trump’s appointed chairman Brendan Carr, over the agency’s equal time rule. ABC has …
Add Ariana Grande to the list of artists who will never collab with Donald Trump on a TikTok video. The 3x Grammy winner recently slammed the White House for using her 2024 song ‘Bye’ in a video promoting the Trump-signed Secure America Act, which would fund …
Spencer Pratt’s near deafening silence over being shut out of the runoff race to be Los Angeles’ Mayor has come to an end, sorta. Three days after counted ballots in the bids between The Hills self-declared villain and Councilmember Nithya Raman to secure the…
Nothing quite like “the claw,” as it is called, has ever been constructed on the White House grounds: The giant overhang covers the ring for Sunday’s Ultimate Fighting Championship event, occurring on Donald Trump’s 80th birthday and billed as one of the Free…
Two months after Jeff Shell was axed as president of Paramount over accusations of loose lips and more, the ex-exec and the David Ellison-run conglomerate have settled with the self-styled professional gambler who threatened to bring the whole house of cards …
Seth Meyers missed out taking a dunk on President Donald Trump after he fell asleep during the Knicks loss to the San Antonia Spurs the other night, but he opened his latest A Closer Look segment with another buzzer beater. The Late Night host mocked the fact…
The board of the Kennedy Center is seeking to halt a judge’s ruling to strip Donald Trump’s from the arts institution, one day before a deadline to take the president’s name off the facade. The motion for a stay was filed late on Thursday, with 24 hours left …
The Kennedy Center said that it will remove Donald Trump’s name from the facade of the arts complex — but that may not happen until early Saturday morning. As a court-ordered deadline passed midnight, Justice Department attorneys asked a judge for a 12-hour e…
Bruce Springsteen brought a taste of his Land of Hopes And Dreams Tour to downtown Manhattan Saturday, hitting the Tribeca Festival to accept the Harry Belafonte Voices For Social Justice Award that he dedicated to “all the citizens of Minneapolis and Los Ang…
For Donald Trump’s milestone 80th birthday, all Jimmy Kimmel wants is the release of the Epstein files. On Sunday, the comedian wished the POTUS a happy birthday, sharing a spoof of Trump’s infamous card to Jeffrey Epstein, replacing the drawing of the naked …
As he opened his new presidential center on Chicago’s South Side, Barack Obama invoked some of his signature themes of hope over division, while warning of greater isolation, polarization and lack of trust fueled by rapidly advancing AI technology. What went …
EXCLUSIVE: It was the BBC crisis that resulted in a lawsuit from the U.S. president, but the British broadcaster’s chair has personally refused to release key information relating to the debacle because he believes it is not in the public interest. Samir Shah…
The Pope of Trash has weighed in on the future of artificial intelligence as many remain divided on its place in Hollywood. In a recent interview, John Waters explained that he thought AI “would be good for pornography” but discovered he was wrong, and he wou…
The UK has been plunged into yet another political crisis as Prime Minister Keir Starmer resigns under intense pressure from his fellow lawmakers, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK and the wider electorate. With his poll ratings rendering him one of the most unpopular…
ABC is taking to the airwaves to warn viewers of the FCC’s crackdown on The View and the agency’s unusual demand that the network’s stations seek early renewal of their broadcast licenses. The spots, which will start airing on Monday, are the latest pushback …
A federal judge wants an update on the purpose of a tarp being placed over a part of the facade of the Kennedy Center, installed after workers removed Donald Trump’s name from the arts institution. Last month, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ordered th…
Kelsey Grammer was the latest celebrity visitor to the Oval Office, as the actor met with Donald Trump or about an hour on Thursday. The actor is in D.C. for a screening on Thursday evening of Young Washington, about the pre-Revolutionary War experiences of G…
It’s not at all uncommon for performers or their families to object when Donald Trump uses their music at a rally or video. Their public pushback, though, usually happens after the fact. But on Wednesday, the Leonard Cohen estate offered a prebuttal to the us…
John Bolton, a frequent media commentator and critic of Donald Trump who once served as his national security adviser, plead guilty on Friday to one count of retaining national defense information. Bolton entered the plea in federal court in Maryland. The ple…
As the UK once again awaits a new Prime Minister, attention is fixed on the latest Westminster upheaval, but few political shocks in recent British history match Brexit. A decade ago this week, the UK voted to leave the European Union. Veteran documentary fil…
EXCLUSIVE: Newly established independent studio Wrong Turn Productions is backing the film We Can’t Stay Here, an upcoming documentary that follows “families under siege raising transgender children and the extraordinary lengths they will go through to protec…
Donald Trump threatened a 100% tariff on European countries that impose a digital services tax, as the president once again came to the defense of American tech giants that have opposed the levies. It wasn’t immediately clear under what authority Trump would …
In a far far cry from the severe strikes of three years ago, the studios and streamers tonight heaped nothing but praise and good will on the Hollywood guilds as the DGA became the final of the Big Three to approve a new four-year contract “The AMPTP congratu…
EXCLUSIVE: Amidst renewed American strikes on Iranian targets today and responses from the Islamic Republic, JD Vance kept to his schedule and showed up on Real Time with Bill Maher. Set for a sit-down interview with Marl Twain Prize winner Maher, the Vice Pr…
Comcast’s plan to split from NBCUniversal isn’t expected to draw much in the way of antitrust scrutiny. After all, the companies are essentially de-consolidating. But there are still questions as to what the company will face, perhaps not so much for the spli…
Bill Maher celebrated his ability to anger the right and the left as he received the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize, with a message to those who complain about being mocked: Stop being ridiculous. He cited the center’s chairman, Donald Trump, who was not p…
The Supreme Court declined to take lawyer Alan Dershowitz’s appeal of his defamation lawsuit against CNN. A judge had tossed out Dershowitz’s $300 million lawsuit against the network, over its coverage of remarks he made during President Donald Trump’s first …
Comedians including Louis C.K. and Jay Leno and political figures like Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) turned out for Bill Maher on Sunday as he receives the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize. Guests were greeted, though, b…
Shortly after the final opinion of the Supreme Court’s term was announced on Tuesday, NPR published a bombshell that sent the high court’s press room scrambling: An official announcement that Justice Samuel Alito was retiring. Yet, minutes later, the story wa…
A federal judge handed another victory to The New York Times in its challenge to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s more restrictive press policies, this time sidelining a rule that any journalist must have an official escort in visits to the Pentagon. In grant…
Donald Trump personally collected $2.2 billion during the first year of his second presidential term, according to a disclosure form released Tuesday by the U.S. Office Of Government Ethics. The amount of gains largely reflects Trump’s significant stake in th…
Donald Trump paid tribute to Victor Willis, the frontman of the Village People, who died on Monday. The Village People’s song Y.M.C.A. enjoyed a resurgence after it was used at Trump’s rallies. Willis, who was co-writer of the song, said that he initially obj…
Victor Willis, the frontman of The Village People, one of Donald Trump’s favorite bands, has died aged 74. Willis died after a “short, aggressive illness,” according to The Village People’s official Facebook page. “We are profoundly sad to announce the death …
Donald Trump has once again turned to AI deepfakes, this time posting a video in which he is a doctor treating Rosie O’Donnell, Robert De Niro, Julia Roberts and other celebrities who lament their “Trump derangement syndrome.” The video, posted on Truth Socia…
EXCLUSIVE: Two international sales agents have boarded the documentary feature Breaking the Code, the inspiring story of Indian immigrant Kanwal Rekhi who became a major figure in the rise of Silicon Valley, laying the foundation for the internet. Concourse M…
Ken Burns keeps a neon sign in his editing room reading, “It’s complicated.” That was certainly true of his illuminating and nuanced The American Revolution, the 12-hour documentary series that presented the nation’s founding years in varying degrees of conte…
The prince of parody music has spoken, as Weird Al Yankovic draws a line in the sand over AI. The 5x Grammy winner recently noted he’s “not down” with artificial intelligence, revealing he recently turned down “a nice pile of money” to star in an advertisemen…
As Hollywood grapples with AI’s potential impact, Jodie Foster believes the tech is already very present in the industry. The 2x Oscar winner recently explained why she believes last year’s Joseph Kosinski-helmed, Ehren Kruger-penned Brad Pitt starrer F1 was …
Donald Trump may “like Bill Clinton a lot,” but the 42nd President of the United States showed his deep dislike this Independence Day of where the 45th/47th POTUS is taking the world and the nation on America’s 250 birthday. “Today, we celebrate this mileston…
With his latest LGBTQ thriller making its way stateside, Russell T. Davies is grateful Tip Toe found a U.S. home under the Trump administration. The 3x BAFTA winner praised Starz for having the “nerve” to release the Channel 4 limited series in the U.S. and C…
Triple digit temperatures in Washington, D.C. have forced organizers to cancel the annual Independence Day parade. “The National Weather Service has issued an Extreme Heat Warning for the District of Columbia, with heat index values expected to reach between …
Severe weather has postponed, for now, the Salute to America celebration on the National Mall that was to feature Donald Trump’s speech followed by fireworks. After a sweltering hot day of record breaking temperatures in the region, the scattered storms moved…
ABC contends that a “broad and cross-ideological consensus of commenters” backs the editorial independence of The View, amid an FCC investigation into the daytime talk show and whether it should face restrictions on featuring political candidates as guests. I…
ABC’s marathon coverage of America’s 250th anniversary over the weekend generated a ratings bump, beating rivals in primetime on July 4. The network presented a 24-hour programming block called Disney Celebrates America, drawing on news and entertainment unit…
Ever since a federal judge hit the pause button in April on Nexstar’s big bucks merger with Tegna, the Texas-based local TV giant vowed to fight back on claims of political footies with the Trump administration and antitrust allegations. As corporate cubicle …
Graham Platner suspended his U.S. Senate campaign in Maine on Wednesday, clearing the way for Democrats in that state to choose a new candidate as they seek to retake control of the chamber. “We believe that for the movement to continue, it can’t be me,” Plat…
Donald Trump has appointed country star John Rich as special envoy for American landowners, the latest celebrity the president has tapped for such a role. Per the Department of Agriculture, a “key focus of Rich’s work will be advocating for landowners facing …
As Meta’s new AI image feature sparks privacy concerns, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) is providing tips on how members can protect their image. In a statement released Thursday by the union, SAG-AFTRA shared instructions on how to “dig into [Instagram’s…
The New York Times filed a counterclaim to a lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging that the litigation was a retaliatory effort because of its reporting on the Trump administration. In a filing in federal court in Manhattan,…
Just days after Meta introduced its Muse Image AI generator, the Mark Zuckerberg-run company has done a complete U-turn. Under pressure from the likes of CAA and SAG-AFTRA, the tech giant late Friday revealed that the Instagram-trolling Muse Image is essentia…
The New York Times said that a group of its journalists received subpoenas from the Justice Department after their report on the lack of certain security features on Donald Trump’s new Air Force One. The Times said that those who received subpoenas included J…
As Christopher Nolan prepares to take viewers on an Imax odyssey, he’s hopeful for the future of filmmaking without the use of AI. The 2x Oscar winner admitted that not all applications of artificial intelligence are “useless of meaningless,” he explained tha…